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Fume Hoods
Nickname: Piku Manufacturer: M/s Shalom Instruments Inc. Country: India Funding: BRNS Established: 2015 |
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. |
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. 
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. |
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 |
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. 
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. |
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. |
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. |
Muffle Furnaces Nickname: Kelvin
Manufacturer: M/s Delta Power Inc. Country: India Funding: IISc Established: 2014 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. 
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. |
Vacuum Ovens
Nickname: Joule Manufacturer: M/s Delta Power Inc. Country: India Funding: IISc Established: 2014 Function: We have 2 vacuum ovens capable of reaching till 250 C. They are used for drying and heat treatment under vacuum conditions. 
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. |
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.
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.
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.
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.
Coin Cell Crimper Nickname: Bull
Manufacturer: M/s Gelon Country: China Funding: ISRO-STC Established: 2018 Function: This is an automatic coin cell crimper to fabricate CR203X type coin cells. |
Mini Ball-milling Unit
Nickname: Rock Manufacturer: M/s Fritsch Inc. Country: Germany Funding: BRNS Established: 2017 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. |
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.