Solid State Ionics Lab | Dr. Sunil Kumar
LAB FACILITIES

  • Material Syntheses and Device fabrication
    • Fume Hood
    • Inert Atmosphere Glove Boxes H2O and O2 less than 0.1 ppm
    • Analytical Balance with Density Meter
    • Magnetic Stirrers with Hot Plates
    • Ultrasonic(ator) Bath
    • Platinum Crucible
    • Hydrothermal Autoclave reactor
    • Vacuum Ovens and Vacuum Pump(s)
    • 25 Ton Hydraulic Press
    • Hydraulic Hot Press (up to 600 K)
    • Mini Planetary Ball Mill
    • High-Temperature Muffle Furnaces and Tube Furnaces with Different Environments
    • Hand Press Die Cutter for Punching Electrodes
    • Automatic film-coater for battery electrodes
    • Coin-cell (CR20XX) crimper and decrimper
    • 3 Electrode Split Cell
    • Pouch-cells vacuum sealer
    • Creality Ender-3 3D printer

  • Characterization Related
    • BioLogic Electrochemical Workstation
    • Keithley Source Meter Unit (2450-EC) with Basic Electrochemistry Measurements
    • Multiple 8-Channels Neware Battery Testers
    • Lakeshore Temperature Controller and High-Temperature Sample Holder for Temperature-Dependent Impedance Measurements in 90 – 800 K range
    • Weiber Test Chamber
    • Neware Constant Temperature Chambers
    • LCR Meter (1 mHz to 5 MHz) (NOT working)
    • 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 low & high temperature (-190 to +600 oC and RT to +1600 oC) sample stages
  • Scanning Electron Microscope (with EDS, EBSD, Backscattered Imaging)
  • UV-Vis Spectrophotometer
  • Simultaneous Thermal Analyzer (for TGA and DTA/DSC), PerkinElmer
  • FTIR Spectrophotometer
  • Microhardness Tester
  • Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer (DMA)
SIC FACILITIES
Sophisticated instrumentation centre (SIC), a National Facility established in 2011 with institute funding, hosts various state-of-the-art instrumentation and equipment to foster the quality research work. Researchers working at IIT Indore have easy access to the facility, and support in use thereof is provided by the expert staff working in SIC. 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, etc. You can visit the SIC webpages (click here) for detailed information on different instruments, charges, and booking forms.