Facilities

To be updated

Ceramic Materials Synthesis & Processing

    • Thermolyne 1700 oC high-temperature box furnace

 

 

 

  • MTI 1600 oC tube furnace with (oxidizing/inert/reducing) atmosphere control

 

  •  Lindberg 1200 oC tube furnace with atmosphere control
  • MTI 1100 oC tube furnace with atmosphere control

  • Chemical fume hood

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  • Hydrostatic press and die press assembly

Fuel Cell and Related Electrochemical Testing

  • Applied Testing System (ATS) 1100 oC split tube furnace for fuel cell and electrochemical testing

  • GAMRY Reference1000 electrochemical working station with potentiostat/galvanostat and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) capability

 

 

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      • SEM with e-beam Nanolithography facility (20 nm feature)

  • Sputtering systems

 

 

 

  • Spin coater

 

 

  • In situ characterizations

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Other Common Materials Characterization Capabilities

 

  • Transmission electron microscope (TEM)

  • Field emission scanning electron microscope (FEG-SEM) with energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS)

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  • Atomic force microscope (AFM)

  • X-ray diffractometer (XRD) with residual stress measurement and high temperature capabilities.

  • TA Instruments STD Q600 simultaneous thermogravimetric and scanning colorimetric (TGA/DSC) analyzer