The Hydrogen Storage Research Group is well equipped to measure the hydrogen storage properties of a range of materials and has the following facilities and equipment:
- A suite of manometric instruments for gas sorption (typically H2 or CO2) in materials from -196 °C to 1000 °C, up to pressures of 200 bar
- Temperature programmed desorption analyser equipped with a mass spectrometer for gas analysis
Simultaneous Thermal Analyser (DSC-TGA) - Infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR)
- Prototype thermal battery (thermochemical energy storage) systems operating from 400 – 900 °C
Electrochemical analysis equipment for battery testing, cyclic voltammetry, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy - Chemical synthesis facilities operating under inert gas, for the synthesis of air-sensitive materials
- A range of furnaces, argon gloveboxes, mechanical mills and cryomills
- Direct access to X-ray, spectroscopy, microscopy equipment (SAXS, XPS, XRD, TEM, SEM) and other characterisation facilities on site.
Contact: Professor Craig Buckley