Fuel cell and electrolysis cell test bench
Contact person(s): Andreas Egger, Edith Bucher
Test Bench for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC), Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells (SOEC) and Reversible Solid Oxide Cells (RSOC)
The test bench including gas supply and impedance spectrometer is used for electrochemical characterization of solid oxide electrochemical cells by means of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and current-voltage characteristics.
Manufacturer: Horiba FuelCon
Type: Evaluator C50-HT
Dilatometer
Contact: Edith Bucher
Determination of the thermal expansion coefficient of ionic and mixed ionic-electronic conducting complex oxides as a function of T (up to 1600°C) and pO 2, determination of sinter curves for optimisation of ceramic preparation.
Dilatometer Dilatometer
Manufacturer: Netzsch
Type: DIL 402 PC
Helium-Pycnometer
Contact: Andreas Egger
Helium-pycnometry is one of the most accurate methods for density measurements. It allows the non-destructive determination of the raw density of powders as well as density of green compacts and sintered bodies.
Helium pycnometer Helium pycnometer
Manufacturer: Quantachrome
Type: Ultrapycnometer 1000
Specification for sample cell:
Inner diameter min/max: 9 mm / 13 mm
Volume min/max: 0.38 cm 3 / 1.7 cm 3
High temperature differential scanning calorimeter
Contact: Wolfgang Preis
For determination of the thermodynamic properties of high-performance materials.
Hightemperature-DSC
Hightemperature-DSC
Manufacturer: Netzsch
Type: DSC 404 C Pegasus® with TASC 414/3A controller und PU1 power unit
X-ray diffractometer
X-ray diffractometer Bruker D8 Advance (Cu-Kα), Anti-Airscatter and LYNXEYE XE-T detector, ICDD PDF4+ database
Contact: Edith Bucher, Andreas Egger
Structure analysis of solids (powders and polycrystalline layers)
- verification and identification of crystal structures
- checking phase purity as well as identification and (semi-)quantification of secondary phases
- determination of structure parameters (lattice constants, atomic positions) and crystallite sizes using Rietveld refinement
Scanning electron microscope
Contact: Andreas Egger, Patrick Pretschuh
Manufacturer: ZEISS
Type: Cambridge Stereoscan 250 MK3 mit EDX Detektor
Equipment: Computer-controlled SEM with tungsten cathode (LaB6 cathode optional) and triple-lens electron optics with Optibeam beam control for analysis and imaging in high-vacuum and variable-pressure operation up to 400 Pa
Thermobalance coupled with mass spectrometer
Contact: Edith Bucher
Symmetric precision thermobalance (Setaram, TAG 16) with mass spectrometer (Pfeiffer Vacuum, Thermostar GSD 301 T1) for TG-MS at 20-1600°C and 1-100 amu
Applications: Determination of the oxygen nonstoichiometry of complex oxides as a function of temperature and pO 2, stability of SOFC cathode materials in H 2O- und CO 2-containing atmospheres. Various applications in the field of materials sciences.
Measurements for various research projects and industrial partners.
Manufacturer: Setaram
Type: TAG16
UV/VIS Spektrometer
Contact: Edith Bucher, Peter Waldner, Andreas Egger
Determination of the optical absorption and absorption coefficients of liquid samples (range 190-1100 nm). Application: Laboratory courses, measurements for customers
Manufacturer: Perkin Elmer
Type: Lambda 25
Peltier Temperature Programmer
Typ: PTP1