Equipment

Electrochemistry workstations

  • Several potentiostat/galvanostat with impedance module - Methrom Autolab instruments - Vionic, PGSTAT 302N, PGSTAT 204.

  • Several potentiostat/galvanostat with impedance module - BioLogic - VSP-300, SP-200, SP-150, SP-50. Current boosters are available.

  • Rotating disk electrode - Methrom Autolab.

  • Scanning electrochemical cell microscope equipped with: xyz-piezo 100 µm and environmental chamber with controlled flow of gases.

  • Mid range scanning electrochemical cell microscope equipped with: xyz-piezo 200 µm and environmental chamber with controlled flow of gases.

  • Scanning electrochemical cell microscope integrated in a O2 free glovebox.

  • Scanning Droplet Cell (Sensolytics).

  • AEM water electrolyzer cells - Dioxide Materials- Nickel Flowfield for 5 cm2 AEM

  • Electrochemical workstations coupled to analytical techniques (GC, IC, HPLC) for product analysis.

Analytical techniques

  • Differential electrochemical mass spectrometry - HIDEN Analytical - HPR-40 system.

  • Three gas chromatographs - SRI Instruments - 8610C MultiGas Analyzer #5 (TCD-FID-METH). One autosampler for liquids analysis is available.

  • High liquid performance chromatography - KNAUER - AZURA LC - System equipped with RI and Diode array detectors

  • IC-System - Metrohm - 930 Compact IC Flex  (Column: Metrosep A Supp 18 - 250/4.0).

Surface and chemical characterization

  • Fourier transform infrared spectrometer - Bruker - VERTEX 70v with ATR-SEIRAS accessory (Jackfish cell PIKE Technologies).

  • Atomic force microscope - Park Systems - NX10 with scanning electrochemical cell microscopy head (long travel NX SICM head).

  • Trinocular microscope - Distelkamp Electronic - Di-Li-955P with digital camera (Motic).

Synthesis and electrode preparation

  • Two tube furnaces - HTM Reetz - LK 11000-110-700-3

  • Spray coater - Sensolytics - SONDER-006 

  • Langmuir Trough - Kibron - MicroTrough G2

  • Laser puller - Sutter Instruments - Sutter P - 2000/G for micro/nano pipettes and microelectrodes fabrication.  

  • Semi-microbalance - Shimadzu - AP125WD

  • pH meter – Mettler Toledo - SevenDirect SD23

Small devices

  • Mass flow controllers, mass flow meters and pressure regulators - Bronkhorst

  • Peristatic pumps - Gilson

  • Syringe pumps - World Precision Instrument

  • Software controlled dosing units - Metrohm

  • Multimeters - Fluke