Expertise and equipment
Services provided
- Chemical polymer modifications, functionalisations
- Casting membranes from solutions
- In-plane and through-plane conductivity measurements
- MEA production, coating components using various methods
- Thermal and mechanical material characterisation
- Electrochemical characterisation of new and degraded components
- Power curves for single cells and short stacks
- Electrochemical CO2 capture and use
- Proof-of-concept developments (hardware and software)
- Real operating measurements for complete micro-CHP systems
- Hardware developments for the management and network integration of micro-CHP systems
- Technology consulting
In order to provide this portfolio of services, NEXT ENERGY has invested in comprehensive infrastructural measuring technology and analytical equipment for this segment. The facilities range from physical and chemical measuring systems for components up to complete testing stands for trial operation. They include:
- Electrical measuring technology
- Thermal imaging system
- Fuel cell testing stands for single cells and small stacks
- Single cell test units for a wide range of temperatures up to 240 °C
- Thermal analytics such as DSC, DMA, TGA
- Chemical and physical analytics such as GC, GC/MS, FTIR, ICP/MS,
- Rheometer, chemisorption, CHN-analysis, general analytics …
- Coating plant for screen and doctoring printing as well as for spray processes
- Scanning electron microscope with EDX and FIB
- Electrochemical instrumentation
