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"......... Swayammeba Mrugendrataa".  
"It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple."----- Rabindranath Tagore   
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Wet Chemistry Lab
​           Fume Hoods          
           Nickname: 
Piku
           
Manufacturer: 
M/s Shalom Instruments Inc. 
           
Country: India
           Funding: BRNS
           Established: 2015
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​Function: We have 2 laboratory fume hoods equipped with magnetic stirrers, ultrasonic cleaners and ion-exchange device. They are used for wet chemical synthesis, sample handling and mild heat treatment in safe condition.
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      Digital Weighing Balances          
      Nickname: 
Newton

      
Manufacturer:  
M/s Shimadzu Inc. 
      
Country:        Japan
      Funding:        IISc & DST 
      Established:     2014

      Function: We have 4 digital balances used for
      precision weight measurement.
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      Inert Gas Cylinders          
      Nickname: 
Carrotts

      
Manufacturer:  
M/s Bhoruka Gas Inc. 
      
Country:        India
      Funding:        IISc & DST 
      Established:     2015

      Function: We have several inert gas cylinders
      attached to furnaces and glove boxes. They can
      be used for synthesis under inert ambience.
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 Pelletizer          
 Nickname: 
Gravitas
 
 
Manufacturer:  
locally made
 Country:        India
 Funding:        DST 
 Established:     2015

 Function: It is used to make 
​ pellets by uniaxial pressing.



 Sonication Bath          
 Nickname: 
Sona
 
 
Manufacturer:  
locally made
 Country:        India
 Funding:        DST 
 Established:     2018

 Function: It is used for
 cleaning of labwares and
 materials synthesis
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 Lab Centrifuge          
 Nickname: 
Hertz
 
 
Manufacturer:  
M/s. Remi Inc. 
 Country:        India
 Funding:        IISc 
 Established:     2014

 Function: It is used to separate product 
​ powders from liquid reacting media.
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 Ion Exchange Set-up           
 Nickname: Rouxel
 
 
Manufacturer:  
M/s. Shalom Inst. Inc. 
 Country:        India
 Funding:        IISc 
 Established:     2018

 Function: It is used to conduct ion
 exchange using solution media.
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      Buchi Glass Oven
          
      Nickname: Werner


      Manufacturer:  M/s Buchi Labortecnik Inc. 
      
Country:        Germany
      Funding:        BRNS 
      Established:     2015

      Function: The Buchi glass oven is connected with vacuum pump. It can
      heat samples till 300 C under vacuum condition. It is a versatile
      equipment useful for dehydration, sample preparation and controlled
      heat treatment/ drying of samples/ electrode materials. 

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 Ultrasonicator Probe          
 Nickname: Hartree
 
 
Manufacturer:  
M/s. Sonics & Materials Inc. 
 Country:        USA
 Funding:        DST & IISc 
 Established:     2015

 Function: We have two probe sonicators equipped
 with 10-12 mm Ti probes with energy of 250 W and
 750 W. They are used for sonochemical synthesis of
 electrode materials, solution dispersion and mixing
​ in solution media.

Heat Treatment
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  Muffle Furnaces           Nickname: Kelvin

  
Manufacturer:
  
M/s Delta Power Inc. 
  
Country: India
  Funding: IISc 
  Established: 2014

         
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​   Function:
We have 4 muffle furnaces capable of reaching till
   1000 C. They are used for heat treatment of various inorganic
   materials in ambient conditions.

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  Tube Furnaces          
  Nickname: 
Celcius

  
Manufacturer:
  
M/s Delta Power Inc. 
  
Country: India
  Funding: IISc 
  Established: 2015

  Function: We have 4
  tubular furnaces fitted
  with quartz tubes. They
  are capable of reaching
  till 1000 C. They are 
  used for heat treatment
  of inorganic materials
  in inert (N2/Ar flow)  
  ambience.

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  Vacuum Ovens     
  Nickname: 
Joule

  
Manufacturer:
  
M/s Delta Power Inc. 
  
Country: India
  Funding: IISc 
  Established: 2014

         

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​   Function: 
We have 2 vacuum ovens capable of reaching till
   250 C. They are used for drying and heat treatment under
   vacuum conditions.

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  Hot Air Oven     
  Nickname: 
Fahrenheit

  
Manufacturer:
  
M/s Delta Power Inc. 
  
Country: India
  Funding: IISc 
  Established: 2016


  Function: We have 3
  hot air ovens capable of
  reaching 
till 250 C. They are 
  used for drying and mild heat
  treatment 
of materials and
​  labwares
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Battery Cell Assembly
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         MBraun LABstar Inert Glove Box                          
         Nickname:
Goodenough

         
Manufacturer:
M/s MBraun GmbH 
         
Country:       Germany
         Funding:       IISc (Seed Grant)
         Established:    2014

         Function: This glove box maintains inert ambience
         (filled with ultrapure 99.999% Argon gas) with O2
         and H2O level below 1 ppm. This glove box is
         used to store battery grade electrolytes, chemicals
         and metal anodes. It is also used for assembly of
         coin-cell/ swagelok test cells in inert ambience. 

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         Jacomex GP [Campus] Inert Glove Box                          
         Nickname:
Tarascon

         
Manufacturer: 
M/s JACOMEX Inc. 
         
Country:       France
         Funding:       DST
         Established:    2016

         Function: This glove box maintains inert ambience
         (filled with ultrapure 99.999% Argon gas) with O2
         and H2O level below 1 ppm. This glove box is
​         planned to be used to store battery grade 
         electrolytes, chemicals and metal anodes. It will
         be also used for assembly of coin-cell/ swagelok
​         test cells in inert ambience. 

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 Coin Cell Crimper           Nickname: Bull

 
Manufacturer: 
M/s Gelon
 
Country:       China
 Funding:       ISRO-STC
 Established:    2018



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    Function: This is an automatic coin cell crimper to fabricate 
    CR203X type coin cells.

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   Mini Ball-milling Unit               
   Nickname: 
Rock

   
Manufacturer: 
M/s Fritsch Inc.
   
Country:       Germany
   Funding:       BRNS 
   Established:    2017

 

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​ Function:
It is a mini mechanical milling unit employing shock-
 type milling. It is used for mixing electrode materials with
 carbon and binder to make composites.   

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         EYELA SLT-1200 Incubator                          
         Nickname:
Rankine

         
Manufacturer: 
M/s EYELA Inc. 
         
Country:       Japan
         Funding:       DST
         Established:    2016

         Function: This incubator can maintain
         temperature with +/- 0.1C accuracy.
         It can be useful for battery testing at
​         controlled temperature in the range of 
         25-100 C. 


Electrochemical Analyses
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         Bio-Logic BCS Series Battery Testing System                Nickname: Ohzuku

         
Manufacturer:
M/s Bio-Logic Science Instruments
         
Country:       France
         Funding:       DST (Early career fellowship)
         Established:    2017

         Function: It is a 16 channels electrochemical
         workstation consisting of 8 channels each of BCS-
         805 and BCS-810 model. It is used for testing the
         electrochemical performance of battery materials.
         Various sophisticated analyses using impedance
         spectroscopy, titration techniques (GITT/ PITT) 
                                                                                                 can be performed.

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         Neware BTS Battery Testing System                        Nickname: Galvani

         
Manufacturer:
M/s Neware Battery Instruments
         
Country:       China
         Funding:       CSIR 
         Established:    2018

         Function: This is a multichannel electrochemical
         workstation consisting of 104 channels of
         BTS4000 model. It is used for testing the
         electrochemical performance of battery insertion
         materials. Specially, this equipment is useful in
         testing long term cycling of battery materials.

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         CH Instruments Bipotentiostat & RRDE System            Nickname: Frumkin

         
Manufacturer: 
M/s CH Instruments
         
Country:       USA
         Funding:       DST 
         Established:    2017

         Function: It has a high precision bipotentiostat
         connected to RDE set-up by M/s. BAS Inc, Japan.
         It is useful for analysis of electrochemical
         characterisation (e.g. cyclic voltammetry) and
         electrocatalytic [oxygen evolution (OER), oxygen
         reduction (ORR) reaction etc.] characterizations 
         of functional materials. 


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