SERVICES
Analytical Services
SpectraPower LLC offers complete battery and battery materials analytical services. This includes both our in-house capabilities as well as managing sample harvesting and sample preparation for out-sourced characterization and data analysis.
In-House
Gurley Air Permeability Testing
Testing porosity of films by air permeability.
Low Pressure Swelling Measurements
Peel / Pull / Tensile Strength Testing
Testing adhesive properties of a film on a substrate (e.g. ceramic coatings of separators).
Environmental Testing
Precise Technical Measurement
Micrometer / Goniometer / Scale.
Thermal Shrinkage Testing
Measures the amount a battery separator shrinks when exposed to high temperatures, crucial for assessing potential safety issues like thermal runaway, as significant shrinkage can lead to internal short circuits.
Managed / Out-Source
SEM / EDS and FIB-SEM / EDS
High-magnification imaging of material structure. Electrode and separator layers.
GCMS
Gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy: composition analysis of battery electrolytes.
IC-MS & LC-MS
Ion chromatography & liquid chromatography with mass spectroscopy: identification of battery materials; electrolyte, anions, and cations.
ICP-OES
Inductively coupled plasma - optical emission spectrometry.
DSC
Differential Scanning Calorimeter: determining heat capacity of battery materials.
CT-Scanning
