Facilities
Our facilities include:- Test facilities
- Computer controlled fuel cell test facilities for power dissipation up to 5 kW
- Computer controlled battery test facilities for up to 300 cells
- Computer controlled supercapacitor test facilities for up to 10 kW charge/discharge
- In-situ analytical tools
- Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (Solatron/EG&G, Zahner)
- Differential Electrochemical Mass Spectrometry (DEMS)
- Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance (EQCM) for in situ gravimetric studies
- Electrochemical in situ X-ray diffraction (in collaboration with Materials Science Beamline at SLS)
- Probe Beam Deflection (PBD) setup for in situ monitoring of ion exchange processes of electrode materials
- FTIR Spectrometer (Perkin Elmer System 2000) with electrochemical in situ cell
- Raman Microscope (HORIBA Jobin Yvon) with electrochemical in situ cell
- Combined Raman and FTIR Microscope (HORIBA Jobin Yvon) with electrochemical in situ cells
- Scanning Probe Microscopes (Park Scientific, Molecular Imaging) with electrochemical in situ AFM and STM facility
- Spectroscopic Ellipsometer (Sopra ES 4G) with electrochemical in situ cell
- Electrochemical Dilatometry (Electrode expansion)
- Other analytical tools
- XPS/AES Photoelectron Spectrometer (Escalab 220i XL) with SAM and XPS imaging, LEED, TPD, high-pressure, high-temperature reaction chamber.
- Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
- TGA and DSC calorimetric analysis
- Contact Angle measurement
- Mercury Porosimeter
- Gas Absorption BET
- HPLC
- Gas-Chromatography
- Preparation
- Membrane preparation facilities (area 25x25 cm2)
- Standard electrochemical equipment (CV, EIS, charge/discharge)
- Infrastructure for non-aqueous electrochemistry
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