All-Solid-State Test Cell

The solid-state battery test cell you’ve been looking for

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Get more accurate and reproducible results from your battery testing.

With the ASC portfolio you can tune all relevant performance parameters of your system for maximum control. For optimal performance, you can now test your materials exactly where they are pelletized.

Get access to easy and reliable material testing giving you all the parameters you need!

The right
tool for your R&D

Overview of cell formats

We accompany you along the entire battery development cycle - from power testing to upscaled pouch cells!

ASC-T+

Multiple sample sizes
8 to 14.5mm of diameter
Max pressure 400 MPa

Precision analysis of materials with pressure monitoring, temperature control and reference-electrode option.

ASC-A+

Sample size
8mm of diameter
Max pressure 400 MPa

Airtight setup for materials screening tests under constant sample thickness.

ASC-AD

Sample size
8mm of diameter
Max pressure of 400 MPa

With active pressure balancing system for high performance long-term cycling

ASC-AD+

Multiple sample sizes
8 to 14.5mm of diameter
Max pressure 100 MPa

With active pressure balancing system for high performance long-term cycling

ASC-G

Sample size
8mm of diameter
Max pressure 400 MPa

For in-situ analysis of gases released by battery materials

ASC-C

Sample size
25.2mm of diameter
Max pressure 400 MPa

For coin cell sized battery testing with applied pressure

Precise pressure control

Stacking pressure is key - but often underestimated!

With the ASC setup you can control the applied pressures throughout your experiment, from sample preparation to cycling. This delivers precise data and also ensures a simple reproducibility of your experiments.

Data illustrating the change in pressure when assembling the battery stack

Accurate pressure monitoring

Gain essential insights for later industrial applications.

By live-monitoring the pressure changes you gain a better understanding of the “breathing” of your materials! With the control box you can simply log the pressure changes to your cycling data.

Data illustrating the change in pressure during cycling of the battery

Multiple sample sizes

Test at different stages of development.

Our setups can host samples with different sizes from 8 to 25.4 mm of diameter, a practical way for testing materials at different stages of development under your upscaling process.

Dynamic pressure balancing

For optimal performance the applied pressure often needs to be constant!

With our dynamic pressure balancing system in the ASC-AD we ensure that the initially set stacking pressure is kept constant and any expansion or contraction of the tested materials is balanced.

This setup is perfectly suitable for your long-term cycling experiments to avoid particle separation and keep low impedances.

In-Situ
thickness
Monitoring

Accurately determine the volume changes of your materials!

With the micrometer adaptor for our compact pressure frame you can conduct in-situ thickness measurements of the individual layers (anode, separator, cathode) and dimensional changes of the material stack during cycling.

Data illustrating decrease of impedance when increasing the temperature

Adaptive temperature control

How does your chemistry perform under various temperatures?

A question that can be answered with the ASC-T. It is designed to control the temperature, exactly at your sample up to 200°C. Of course is compatible with the pressure frame – to also control and monitor the pressure and thickness at the same time.

In-operando gas analysis

Is there any gas formation at your anode or cathode?

The ASC-Gas enables your for in-situ analyses of gasses released upon cycling. With separated gas flow channels for the anode and cathode, the ASC-Gas allows you to fully understand the safety risks of your individual materials. Simply connect to a Mass Spectrometer and get started.

Data illustration of a charge -discharge curve (black) and the respective gasses formed (green, blue) at various stages of cycling

Optimized reference electrode

To optimally identify the reactions at the anode and cathode separately, we included the option of adding a reference electrode in the center of your battery stack - in a variety of metals, that can be also coated with active materials.