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This website section is dedicated to instruments we use daily to carry out experiments:
Ar-filled Glove box (O2 < 0.01 ppm; H2O < 0.01 ppm) [Figure 1]
- High temperature antechamber for drying in dynamic vacuum (max 200 °C);
- Pouch-cell sealing machine (<-90 kPa; 165 °C);
- Coin-cell crimping machine;
- Electrode-making equipment (balances; thickness-regulated Dr. Blade);
- Air-sensitive chemicals.
Potentiostats/galvanostats [Figure 2; 3 and 6]
- NEWARE for coin-cell (up to 10mA) and for pouch-cell (up to 6A) testing (from -40 to +80°C range);
- Cyclikal temperature-controlled chamber (30 - 60 °C with 0.1 °C precision);
- BioLogic SP-50e (from -40 to +80 °C range);
- NOVONIX 2A Ultra-High Precision Calorimeter + Gamry EIS (+10 to +60 °C range with 0.02°C precision);
- Keithley 2602B potentiostat (two channels of +-100nV to +-40V voltage and +-10A current range);
TAM IV isothermal microcalorimeter (40 °C and could be changed) [Figure 4]
- Combined with Keithley potentiostat
Muffle furnace up to 1100 °C (air); tube furnace up to 1200 °C (Ar; N2 gases) [Figure 5]
Glen Mills Jet-Milling machine [Figure 7]
Auxiliary equipment
- Fume hood;
- Vacuum oven and vacuum tube;
- Temperature-controlled incubator/oven;
- Hot plates;
- Hydraulic pellet press + pellet form 9mm;
- Battery clamps, three-electrode cell;
- SOTAX TD1 tap density tester;
- Mettler Toledo FP30 Conductivity meter;
- Ultra-High Precision balances;
- Manual viscometer;
- Thermometers;
- Ultrasonic cleaner.
Figure 1. Ar-filled Vigor Glove box (O2 < 0.01 ppm; H2O < 0.01 ppm): (1) High temperature antechamber for drying in dynamic vacuum (max +200 °C); (2) coin-cell crimping machine; (3) pouch-cell sealing controller (<-90 kPa; 165 °C); (4) small and large RT antechambers; (5) pouch-cell sealing chamber.
Figure 2. Cycling station: (1) Computer-controller; (2) NEWARE CT-4008Q-5V6A-S1-U temperature-controlled cycler for pouch cells (+15 - 60 °C); (3) CYCLIKAL temperature-controlled chamber (+30 - 60 °C with 0.1 °C precision); (4) NEWARE temperature-controlled cycler for coin cells (+15 - 60 °C); (5) fridge for low temperature testing (<-30 °C)
Figure 3. NOVONIX 2A Ultra-High Precision Calorimeter + Gamry EIS (+10 to +60 °C range with 0.02°C precision): (1) Computer-controller station; (2) Temperature-controlled chamber with 16 channels connected to (3) EIS Gamry.
Figure 4. TAM IV isothermal microcalorimeter (+40 °C and could be changed) combined with 2602BKeithley potentiostat
Figure 5. Furnaces: (left) MTI OTF-1200X split tube furnace up to +1200 °C (Ar; N2 gases) and (right) MTI KSL-1100X compact muffle furnace up to +1100 °C (air). Furnaces are mainly used for calcination, sintering, annealing, and general heat treatment of small samples.
Figure 6. BioLogic SP-50e with EIS feature (measurements can be performed from -40 to +80 °C temperature range). Potentiostat/galvanostat used for electrochemical measurements such as cyclic voltammetry, charge-discharge testing, and impedance analysis
Figure 7. Fluid Energy/Glen Mills jet mill system: used to grind and micronize powder materials into fine particles by using high-speed compressed air.
Figure 8. Auxiliary equipment:
(Left up corner) SOTAX TD1 Tap density meter
(Left down corner) Across International AT09-316L vacuum oven
(Right up corner) MTI YLJ-24TS: a 24-ton manual hydraulic pellet press used to compress powder materials into dense pellets or compact samples. It is commonly used for ceramic, chemistry, and materials research sample preparation
(Right down corner) Creworks Ultrasonic cleaner
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