Expertise and equipment

The energy storage division has cutting-edge technical equipment and machinery, which allows us to conduct a wide range of studies:

• Argon-inert gas workstations
• Testing equipment for the cyclisation of single cells and battery systems
• Climatic chambers (-60 – 150 °C; 10 – 95% rel. humidity; 64–5000 l test chamber volume)
• Battery testing equipment (6V / 3 A, 5 A, 100 A)
• Cyclic voltammetry
• Impedance spectroscopy (2 devices each 1 MHz – 300 kHz to 2 A, 200 µHz – 50 kHz to 100 A)
• Scanning electron microscope (FIB and EDX)
• Thermal analyses (DSC, LFA, TGA)
• Single cell tester 8 V/80 A
• Film stretchers, film welders
• Software: Ansys Fluent, Comsol Multiphysics® , matlab-simulink, Inventor
• Fully equipped power electronics laboratory

Services provided:

• Network integration of DC electricity storage units
• Development of power electronic components
• Development of battery management systems
• Driving and network cycle tests (testing different charging and discharging procedures)
• Operational management strategies, charging management
• Designing battery systems
• Thermal management, CFD simulation
• Regular and scheduled aging inspections
• Examining electrochemical properties of batteries
• Environmental simulations (temperature, humidity)
• Examining the properties of single cells and battery systems
• Cell design
• Development of battery components
• Preparation of electrodes
• Cell-chemistry analyses
• Developing special designs (e.g. three-electrode cells)
• FEM simulation