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Center for Clean Engineering (C2E2)
Contacts
General Contact
860.486.9204
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Location
Campus Address
Mailing Address
Center for Clean Energy Engineering
44 Weaver Rd., Unit 5233
Storrs, CT 06269-5233
Instrumentation

FEI Quanta 250 FEG Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM)
This equipment is a very versatile, high resolution, low vacuum FEG SEM with extended low volume capabilities. In addition, this equipment has the unique capability that includes a 1000°C heating stage which allows samples to be heated while the user records in-situ morphological changes.

Bruker D8 Advance High Temperature X-Ray Diffractometer
This equipment is a state of the art x-ray diffraction system with high precision, two-circle goniometers with independent stepper motors and optical encoders. The goniometers are designed to operate either horizontally or vertically. In addition, the machine is equipped with a high temperature chamber that can operate to 1200 °C. This equipment is equipped with a LinxEye Detector that reduces run time and significantly aids with through put.
Equipment for Engineering of Advanced Nanomaterials and Catalysts
• Reactive Spray Deposition Technology (RSDT) – 2 Systems for One-Step Fabrication of Large-Scale Electrodes and MEAs for Fuel Cells, Electrolyzers, and Batteries
• Easytube 3000, FirstNano, Chemical Vapor Deposition System
• Physical Vapor Deposition System
• Retsch PM 400 Planetary Ball Mill
• High Temperature Tube Type Furnaces - 8 units
• 1700 Degree Bottom-Loaded Large Furnace
Testing Capabilities - Analytical Instruments
• Thermo Fisher Scientific ARL QUANT’X EDXRF Spectrometer
• Nicolet iS10 FT-IR Spectrometer with both Transmission and ATR Capability
• Agilent 7890A(GC)/6890N (MS) Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer
• Shimadzu UV-VIS 2600 Spectrophotometer
• Nicolet Magna 560 Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer
• Varian Inc. Micro GC
• Prolab Benchtop Mass Spectrometer
• Altimira Instruments “Benchcat” Catalyst Test System
Testing Capabilities - Microscopy
Microscopy
• FEI Quanta 250 FEG Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope
• Zeiss Smart Zoom 5 Automated Digital Microscope
Testing Capabilites - Thermal Analysis
• Netzsch STA 449 F3 Jupiter Simultaneous Thermal Analyzer -TGA and DSC
• Netzsch DSC 204HP High-Pressure Differential Scanning Calorimeter
• Shimadzu TGA 50H High Temperature Thermogravimetric Analyzer
Testing Capabilities - X-Ray Diffraction
• Bruker D5005 X-ray Diffractometer with High Temperature Stage
Testing Capabilities - Instruments for Surface Area and Pore Size Distribution Analysis
• Micromeritics ASAP 2020 Automatic Chemisorption BET Analyzer
• Micromeritics AutoPore IV Mercury Porosimeter
• Micromeretics Saturn DigiSizer II
Electrochemical Equipment - Potentiostates/Galvanostates with EIS Capabilities
• Biologic VSP, Multi-channel Potentiostate/Galvanostate with EIS - 2 Units
• Biologic HSP1005, 100 A Booster with EIS Capability
• Autolab PGSTAT302N, Ecochemie Potentiostat/Galvanostate, Equipped with the BA Bipotentiostat and Frequency Response Analyzer (FRA) Modules
• Solartron 1287 Potentiostat/Galvanostate with 1260 Impedance Analyzer - 3 Units
• Solartron 20 A Booster
• Solartron ModuLab XM with FRA Module and 2 A booster
• Solartron 8-channel 1400 Cell Test System with 1470E FRA modules
• Pine Instrument Company Analytical Rotator - 2 Units
• Rotating Ring Disk Holders and Electrodes, Pine Instrument – Pt, Au and Glassy Carbon Interchangeable Disks Electrodes
Electrochemical Equipment - Equipment for Assembly and Testing Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers
• Scribner/ Teledyne Associates 850g/890, 100 W Fuel Cell Test Stands, 6 Stands
• 50 Bar High-Pressure Fuel Cell Test Stand, developed at UConn
• Electrolyzer Test Stand, developed at UConn
• Arbin FCTS 50H, 50 W Multichannel Fuel Cell Test Stand
• Advanced Measurements, Inc. 6 cell 50 W Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Test Stand
• Avtron Mfg Avtron Freedom Portable 100 kW Load Bank with Data Collection Capability
• Systemic Automation Screen Printer
• Diablo D3163A, 5000A Real-time Gas Analyzer
Electrochemical Equipment - Equipment for Assembly and Testing Rechargeable Batteries
• Arbin Multi-Channel Battery Testers - 2 units with total of 36 channels