Impressions from the Laboratories

Potentiostat for electrochemical measurements including cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry, impedance spectroscopy and much more.

A rotating ring disk electrode used for hydrodynamic voltammetry. In particular, this system is used to investigate reaction mechanisms for specific electrochemical reactions such as the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR).

IVIUM Technologies

FTIR spectrometer for material characterisation to identify unique IR signatures and chemical bonds.

Perkin Elmer Spectrum Two

FTIR spectrometer fitted with a PIKE Jackfish electrochemical set-up for in-situ FTIR measurement for mechanistic insights.

Bruker Vertex 80

State of the art EC-MS to identify reaction intermediates during electrochemical reactions.

SpectroInlets

Thermal desorption spectroscopy used to study the desorption of reactants from the surface of electrocatalytic materials.

ChemBET PULSAR PR/TPD Quantachrome

Gas chromatography customised by Teckso GmbH for gas product analysis specifically CO₂ reduction related products such as CO, CH₄ and H_2^.

Agilent 8860

UV-Vis spectrometer to measure the UV and visible absorbance of inorganic and organic compounds. In addition, this instrument is used for calorimetric detection methods.

Agilent Cary 60

A vibrating sample magnetometry used to measure the magnetic properties of materials including thin films and semiconductors.

Quantum Design Europe PPMS

Headspace gas chromatography for detection of organic products related to various electrochemical reaction at low concentrations.

Perkin Elmer GC 2400

Single-crystal X-ray diffractometer for structure determination at the atomic scale of crystalline solids.

Bruker kappa CCD

Powder X-Ray diffraction for characterisation of solid-state materials and in-situ electrochemical measurements.

Stoe STADI P Mythen

Microwave reactor for the synthesis of various materials included molecular complexes, MOFs and other solid-state materials.

Anton Parr Monowave 400 Reactor

Glove box used for inert chemistry including running air and moisture sensitive electrochemical reactions as well as material preparation.

MBraun labmaster 130

Vacuum oven used for the drying of electrodes and materials.

Heraeus vacutherm

Tube furnace for high-temperature synthesis of various catalysts and solid-state materials.

Thermo Scientific Lindberg Blue M