Solid State Ionics Lab

Indian Institute of Technology Indore

LAB FACILITIES
Materials Synthesis and Devices Fabrication
  • Glove Boxes (H2O and O2 less than 0.1 ppm)
  • Fume Hood
  • Mini Planetary Ball Mill
  • Hot Roll Press
  • Pouch-cells vacuum sealer
  • Automatic film-coater for battery electrodes
  • Coin-cell (CR20XX) crimper and decrimper
  • Hydraulic Hot Press (up to 600 K)
  • Analytical Balance with Density Meter
  • High-Temperature Furnaces
  • Hydrothermal Autoclave reactor
  • Vacuum Ovens and Vacuum Pump(s)
  • 25 Ton Hydraulic Press
  • 3 Electrode Split Cell
  • Magnetic Stirrers with Hot Plates
  • Ultrasonic(ator) Bath
  • Platinum Crucible
  • Creality Ender-3 3D printer
  • Die Cutter for Punching Electrodes
Characterization Related
  • BioLogic Electrochemical Workstation
  • Keithley Source Meter Unit (2450-EC)
  • Multiple 8-Channels Neware Battery Testers
  • Lakeshore Temp. Controller & High-Temp Sample Holder (90–800 K)
  • Weiber Test Chamber
  • Neware Constant Temperature Chambers
  • LCR Meter (1 mHz to 5 MHz) Under Maintenance
  • 5 kV DC Power Supply
  • Piezoelectric d33 Meter
  • Topas 6.0 Academic Single User License
  • Desktops
DEPARTMENTAL FACILITIES
  • Powder X-ray Diffractometer
    Bruker D2- Phaser
  • X-ray Diffractometer
    Malvern Panalytical with ANTON-PAAR stages (-190 to +1600 oC)
  • Scanning Electron Microscope
    with EDS, EBSD, Backscattered Imaging
  • UV-Vis Spectrophotometer
  • Simultaneous Thermal Analyzer
    for TGA and DTA/DSC, PerkinElmer
  • Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer
    Perkin Elmer, Model: DMA8000
  • FTIR Spectrophotometer
    PerkinElmer, Spectrum IR (Model: Spectrum 2)
  • Microhardness Tester
SIC FACILITIES

The Sophisticated Instrumentation Centre (SIC) is a National Facility established in 2011 with institute funding. It hosts state-of-the-art instrumentation and equipment to foster quality research work. Researchers working at IIT Indore have easy access to the facility, and expert staff provide support.

The centre is equipped with Single-crystal XRD, Powder XRD, XAFS, NMR, FT-IR, Raman Spectroscopy, Photoluminescence Spectroscopy, SEM, DSC, TGA, BET Surface Area Analyzer, and more.

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