Analytical Services
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SpectraPower LLC offers complete battery and battery materials analytical services. This includes both our in-house capabilities as well as managing sample harvesting and sample preparation for out-sourced characterization and data analysis.
In-House
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Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry: evaluation of porosity, pore size distribution, and pore volume of films and powders
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Gurley Air Permeability Testing: testing porosity of films by air permeability
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Laser Particle Size Analysis: analyzing particle size of powders: i.e. anode and cathode powders and ceramic coatings for separator
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Low Pressure Swelling Measurements
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Peel/ Pull/ Tensile Strength Testing: testing adhesive properties of a film on a substrate: i.e. ceramic coatings of separators
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Environmental Testing
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Precise Technical Measurement (Micrometer/ Goniometer/ Scale)
Managed/Out-Source
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SEM/ EDS and FIB-SEM/ EDS: high-magnification imaging of material structure. Electrode and separator layers
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GCMS (Gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy): composition analysis of battery electrolytes
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IC-MS & LC-MS (ion chromatography [IC] & liquid chromatography [LC] with mass spectroscopy): identification of battery materials; electrolyte, anions, and cations
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ICP-OES (Inductively coupled plasma - optical emission spectrometry)
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DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimeter): determining heat capacity of battery materials
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CT-scanning
