High-throughput methods based on automation technology and computer technology can quickly provide tens of thousands of scientific research data, which poses a new challenge to the scientific and efficient management of scientific data. Rechargeable secondary batteries are the keys to the development of electric vehicles and the first choice of wind/photoelectric energy storage. The discovery of new battery materials plays an important role in improving the performance of the secondary batteries. New methods based on big date can be introduced into the screening and design of battery materials to accelerate the development of secondary batteries. This work introduces the development and application of battery material database from the aspects of data acquisition, construction of general and specific battery material database, and the challenges faced by the battery material database.