The group has scientific equipment to develop the two main lines of research:

• Infrastructure for the synthesis, preparation and characterization of SOL-GEL and other materials. Equipped with several commercial and own designed microwave ovens. It also includes tube furnaces and ovens for drying, treatment and modification of materials, mills for sample preparation and equipment for porous characterization (surface area, narrow distribution of micro/mesoporosity, % porosity, He density and apparent density, etc.), thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity (4-prong and pressure method):
  
  
  • Millestone Ethos 1 microwave digestion system.
  • Self-designed multi-mode microwave ovens operating at a frequency of 2450 MHz with temperature control and magnetron power control.
    CARBOLITE GHC 12/900, MTF 1238400 and GVA12/300 tubular furnaces.
  • Heating furnaces Heraeus UT6 and UT20.
  • Thermo Scientific-Heraeus Vacutherm VT 6025 heating and vacuum furnaces.
  • SI analytics TitroLine® 5000 Titrator.
  • Ph-meter Crison Basic 20 and Hach Sension+ PH3 with high performance electrode 5012.
  • Gyrozen Hypercool-HC3110 freeze dryer.
  • Rotavapor Heidolph Laborota 4011-digital.
  • Retsch MM400 mixer mill and Retsch PM100 planetary ball mill.
  • Micromeritics Tristar II plus porosity and surface area analyzers.
  • Micromeritics ASAP 2020 High Resolution Porosity and Surface Area Analyzer.
  • Micromeritics Geopyc 1360 volume and enveloping density analyzer.
  • Micromeritics AccuPyc II-1340 Pycnometer.
  • Micromeritics VacPrep 061 Degassing Station (6 ports).
  • HOT DISK TPS 2200 thermal transport properties meter.
  • Electrical conductivity by pressure: Time Electronics 1044 current and voltage calibrator and Fluke 45 digital multimeter.
  • Electrical conductivity by Everbeing SR-4-6L 4-point probe test.
  • Keithley 6220 DC Power Supply.
  • Keithley 2182A Nanovoltmeter.
    
    
• Infrastructure to provide a material optimization service for use in electrochemical devices, both for the preparation of electrodes and for electrochemical characterization through galvanostatic cycles, voltammetry, impedance, etc.
  
  
  • HAAKE VT5R dynamic viscometer.
  • Lab Process COND70 conductivity meter with G-VPT80/1 two-pole measuring cell.
  • IKA EUROSTAR 20 high speed digital stirrer (6000 r.p.m.).
  • Multiple magnetic stirrer IKA RO15 (15 places).
  • Elcometer K4340M120 Automatic Film Applicator.
  • MTI Corporation EQ-Se-KTQ 50/80F/100 Adjustable Film Applicator (Wet): 0-3000/3500/6000 microns.
  • Neurtek Baker Adjustable Film Applicator (Wet).
    TQC Sheen SH1140 Adjustable Film Applicator (Wet).
  • Aztek a470 airbrush.
  • Sprayer of own design and manufacture.
  • TOB-CP60 Electrode Cutter (12mm, 15mm, 16mm, 19mm).
  • Hohsen manual press for sealing button cell batteries.
  • Büchi B-585 glass furnace.
  • MBraun 150GB-II glove box
  • BioLogic Science Instruments VMP2 Potentiostat (16 Channel-6 Channel with EIS).
  • BioLogic Science Instruments VSP Potentiostat (10 Channel).
  • BioLogic Science Instruments BCS-810 Modular Battery Thermal Cycler (40 channels with EIS).
  • AS-Japan RRDE-3A rotating ring disk electrode.
  • Interface connector between screen-printed electrodes-DropSens Metrohm DRP-DSC 72047 potentiostat.
  • DropSens Metrohm DRP-11L screen-printed carbon electrodes.
  • HAWO Hpl WSZ continuous heat-sealing pliers.
  • MTI Corporation MSK-115A-S Compact Vacuum Sealer with Temperature Control.
  • Swagelok PFA-820-6 cells.
  • Button cell batteries TOB 2032-2025-2016.
    Own-manufactured pouch cells.
  • ALS-Japan SVC-3 three-electrode electrochemical cell.


• General Infrastructure
  
  
  • Retsch AS200 analytical vibrating sieve.
  • High precision analytical balances Mettler Toledo AB135-S/FACT (120 g/0.01 mg) and Cobos XT-1220 M (1220 g/0.001 g).
  • Specac GS15011 manual hydraulic press.
  • SALKI SAL-1500 hot air blower.
  • LAUDA TVT 2 drop volume tensiometer and LAUDA RM6-S refrigerated circulation bath.
  • Retsch UR1 and Elma S 50R ultrasonic bath.
  • Labolan Sonopuls HD 2000 ultrasonic homogenizer.
  • Laurell Technologies WS-400-6NPP Spin Coater.
  • Mitutoyo 543 Absolute Digimatic Micrometer/Thickness Gauge.
  • Keyence LK-2101 high precision laser device.
  • RadleysCarousel 12 PlusTM Parallel Synthesis Carousel (12 reactions).
  • ELMI INTELLI -MIXER RM-2M test tube shaker.
  • Vacuubrand VAP5 vacuum gauge.
  • Zero potential (Lazer Zee meter) Prn Kem model 501.
  • Contact angle gauge KRÜSS G2/G40.
  • Climas CVF 60/25 static upright freezer.
  • Upright laboratory refrigerator with increased safety Climas CSS 180.