Facilities

Electrochemical Energy Lab

  • Solartron 1286 potentiostat/galvanostat
  • Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS)
  • Sputtering system
  • Hoshen's coin cell assembley system
  • Spex 8000 high energy mechanical ball mills
  • 2 Planetary ball mills
  • High temperature furnaces
  • High temperature tube furnace with controlled atmosphere
  • Thermal evaporation
  • Carver manual press
  • Electrophoresis high voltage source
  • 3 Vacuum Atmosphere's Inc. controlled atmosphere glove box system
  • 4 Arbin computers controlled potentiostats/galvanostats (24 channels each)

Mechanical Engineering Department at CU-Boulder

  • Small angle X-ray scattering
  • Raman Spectroscopy
  • UV-ozone substrate cleaner
  • BET for measurement of surface area and porosity
  • FTIR for characerization of bond arrangements
  • NIKON T200 Inverted Biological Microscope with TIRF capability
  • Enviromental scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
  • Field Emission SEM
  • ZYGO Optical interferometry with thermal annealing stage
  • Auger electron spectroscopy
  • Vapor HF release
  • Polymer coating facilities
  • Metallization facilities
  • 2 MTS Nanoindentation instruments
  • VEECO Nanoman II atomic force microscope with scanning conductance capability
  • MEMS probe station equipped with computer control
  • Video camera and power supply units