Category
Materials characterization; Materials synthesis and treatment
Manufacturer and Model
Metrohm Autolab – PGSTAT302N
Specifications
Potentiostat-Galvanostat:
- Number of channels: 1
- Electrode connections: 2, 3 and 4
- Potential range: ±10 V
- Compliance voltage: ±30 V
- Potential accuracy: 0.2%
- Potential resolution: 0.3 μV
- Maximum current: 2 A
- Number of current ranges: 9
- Current ranges: from 10 nA to 1 A
- Current resolution: 0.2% of current range
- Input impedance: 1 TΩ
- EIS frequency range: from 10 μHz to 1 MHz
- EIS frequency resolution: 0.003%
- Control software: NOVA
Optical bench kit:
- Autolab LED driver, 700 mA output
- LED cover, red 627 nm
- LED cover, amber 590 nm
- LED cover, green 530 nm
- LED cover, cyan 505 nm
- LED cover, blue 470 nm
- LED cover, warm white
Applications and capabilities
Tool is purposed for galvanostatic and potentiostatic measurements for electrochemical systems such as electrochemical cells, batteries, or fuel cells. It is also used extensively as a tool for investigating mechanisms in electrodeposition, electrodissolution, passivity and corrosion studies, diffusion of ions across membranes, study of semiconductor interfaces and biosensors.
Tool also provides electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements – a powerful technique for the characterization of electrochemical systems. Since impedance of an electrochemical system at a given frequency is related to processes occurring at timescales of the inverse frequency by performing EIS measurements one can obtain detailed information on reactions taking place. EIS data can be presented through multiple plots: Nyquist, Bode, Admittance, Dielectric, Mott-Schottky and more.
Tool is equipped with the optical bench kit that provides the means to study the electrochemical behaviour of photovoltaic cells, dye synthesized solar cells. The light source used in this setup is a highly focused LED that is fitted with a quick release system, allowing a fast exchange of the light source and wavelength.