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PEM fuel cells/electrolyzers
Synthesis
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Person in Charge |
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Preparation of MEA with commercial catalysts |
20 BGN/hour |
Dr. Galin Borisov, |
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Preparation of carbon dioxide gas-diffusion electrode |
30 BGN/hour |
Dr. Galin Borisov, |
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Preparation of a gas-diffusion electrode with non-carbon sublayer |
50 BGN/hour |
Dr. Galin Borisov, |
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Preparation of MEA |
50 BGN/hour |
Dr. Galin Borisov, |
Testing
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Service |
Price |
Person in Charge |
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Estimation of proton and anion (OH) conductivity of different materials at humidity and temperature; Size of the sample: 15 x 40 mm. Price of a single measurement under specific conditions (humidity and temperature): |
50 BGN/ measurement |
Assoc. Prof. Veselin Sinigersky; |
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Characterization of catalyst in liquid three electrode cell |
10 BGN/hour |
Dr. Galin Borisov, |
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Characterization of a catalytic carrier |
10 BGN/hour |
Dr. Galin Borisov, |
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Tests for catalyst characterization for anode or cathode response in water electrolyzers respectively |
20 BGN/hour |
Dr. Galin Borisov, |
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Characterization of MEA for water electrolysis |
20 BGN/hour |
Dr. Galin Borisov, |
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Characterization of MEA for fuel element |
20 BGN/hour |
Dr. Galin Borisov, |
Characterization
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Service |
Price |
Person in Charge |
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X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) |
50 BGN/sample |
Prof. Sasho Vasilev; |
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Hg porometry |
100 BGN /sample |
Prof. Sasho Vasilev; |
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Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) |
100 BGN/sample |
Prof. Sasho Vasilev; |
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BET analysis |
50 BGN/sample |
Prof. Sasho Vasilev; |
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Pore analysis in capillary flow |
50 BGN/sample |
Prof. Sasho Vasilev; |
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Gas permeability |
50 BGN/sample |
Prof. Sasho Vasilev; |
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DTA/TG/DSC analysis |
60 BGN/sample |
Prof. Sasho Vasilev; |
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X-ray analysis of powders, thin films and solids, liquid sample analysis and thin layer refractometry (crystalline, amorphous or liquid samples). |
50 BGN/sample |
Assoc. Prof. Veselin Sinigersky; |
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IR spectra recording (KBr or thin film) |
20 BGN |
Assoc. Prof. Veselin Sinigersky; |
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Thermogravimetric analysis - Heating / cooling from 30 ° C to 1000 ° C at rates from 5 ° C / min to 200 ° C / min. Non-isothermal and isothermal mode of operation. |
Under Negotiation , but not less than 50 BGN/hour |
Assoc. Prof. Veselin Sinigersky; |
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Determination of ISO tensile properties - including modulus of elasticity, elongation at break and tensile strength |
120BGN/series |
Assoc. Prof. Veselin Sinigersky; |
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Determination of bending properties according to ISO 178 - bending strength and bending modulus |
150BGN/series |
Assoc. Prof. Veselin Sinigersky; |
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Determination of impact strength |
85 BGN/series |
Assoc. Prof. Veselin Sinigersky; |
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Production of series of test bodies |
180 BGN |
Assoc. Prof. Veselin Sinigersky; |
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Gas permeability measurement of porous materials with different gases: hydrogen, air, oxygen, nitrogen, argon and gas mixtures, sample size up to φ=45mm. |
18 BGN/ hour |
Dr. Blagoy Bourdin; |
SOFC fuel cells/electrolyzers
Synthesis
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Service |
Price |
Person in Charge |
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Preparation of symmetric half cells based on proton-conducting electrolytes |
Under negotiation |
Dr. Blagoy Bourdin; |
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Preparation of full cells based on proton-conducting electrolytes |
Under negotiation |
Dr. Blagoy Bourdin; |
Testing
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Service |
Price |
Person in Charge |
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Estimation of proton and anion (OH) conductivity of different materials at humidity and temperature; Size of the sample: 15 x 40 mm. Price of a single measurement under specific conditions (humidity and temperature) |
50 BGN/ measurement |
Assoc. Prof. Veselin Sinigersky; |
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Electrochemical impedance measurements at room temperature: up to 3 spectra at the operating point; air / oxygen / nitrogen working gases; primary analysis - impedance spectra of the measurements; |
26 BGN/ hour* |
Dr. Blagoy Bourdin; |
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* Preparation and measurement at minimum 4 working hours. |
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Volt/ampere characteristic |
10 BGN / hour |
Dr. Blagoy Bourdin; |
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Volt/ampere characteristic with combination of with impedance measurements |
30 BGN / hour |
Dr. Blagoy Bourdin; |
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Gas permeability measurement of porous materials with different gases: hydrogen, air, oxygen, nitrogen, argon and gas mixtures, sample size up to φ=45mm. |
18 BGN / hour |
Dr. Blagoy Bourdin; |
Characterization
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Service |
Price |
Person in Charge |
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X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) |
50 BGN/sample |
Prof. Sasho Vasilev; |
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Hg porometry |
100 BGN/sample |
Prof. Sasho Vasilev; |
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Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) |
100 BGN/sample |
Prof. Sasho Vasilev; |
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BET analysis |
50 BGN/sample |
Prof. Sasho Vasilev; |
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Pore analysis in capillary flow |
50 BGN/sample |
Prof. Sasho Vasilev; |
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Gas permeability |
50 BGN/sample |
Prof. Sasho Vasilev; |
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DTA / TG / DSC analysis |
60 BGN/sample |
Prof. Sasho Vasilev; |
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X-ray analysis of powders, thin films and solids, liquid sample analysis and thin layer refractometry (crystalline, amorphous or liquid samples). |
50 BGN/sample |
Assoc. Prof. Veselin Sinigersky; |
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IR spectra recording (KBr or thin film) |
20 BGN |
Assoc. Prof. Veselin Sinigersky; |
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Thermogravimetric analysis - Heating / cooling from 30 ° C to 1000 ° C at rates from 5 ° C / min to 200 ° C / min. Non-isothermal and isothermal mode of operation. |
Under negotiation, but not less than 50 BGN/hour |
Assoc. Prof. Veselin Sinigersky; |
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Gas permeability measurement of porous materials with different gases: hydrogen, air, oxygen, nitrogen, argon and gas mixtures, sample size up to φ=45mm. |
18 BGN/ hour |
Dr. Blagoy Bourdin; |
BIO fuel cells/electrolyzers
Synthesis
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Service |
Price |
Person in Charge |
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Synthesis/Preparation of electrodes with specified sizes and composition |
Under negotiation |
Prof. Mario Mitov; |
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Modification of electrode materials by deposition of mono-, bi- and trimetallic composites (i.e. Ni, NiFe, NiFeCo, PdAu, etc.) |
Under negotiation |
Prof. Mario Mitov; |
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Design and production of electrochemical cells of different design and construction, incl. fuel cells and electrolyzers |
Under negotiation |
Prof. Mario Mitov; |
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Synthesis /Preparation of electrodes with specified sizes and composition |
Under negotiation |
Assoc. Prof. Yolina Hubenova; |
Testing
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Service |
Price |
Person in Charge |
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Tests for corrosion resistance of electrode materials in different media (acid, alkaline and neutral); determination of corrosion potential and corrosion current, calculation of corrosion rate |
10BGN/hour |
Prof. Mario Mitov; |
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Galvanostatic tests of single electrodes and commercial cells at various currents (from 1 nA to 30 mA) |
10BGN/hour |
Prof. Mario Mitov; |
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Potentiostatic tests (± 10 V) of electrodes in different environments |
10BGN/hour |
Assoc. Prof. Yolina Hubenova; |
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Measure of linear voltamperograms of electrodes with a geometric area of up to 1 cm2 with potential expansion rates of 0.01 mV / s to 500 V / s |
10BGN/hour |
Prof. Mario Mitov; |
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Measure of cyclic voltamperograms of electrodes with a geometric area of up to 1 cm2 with potential expansion rates from 0.01 mV / s to 500 V / s |
10BGN/hour |
Prof. Mario Mitov; |
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Measure of differential pulse voltamperograms with potential expansion rates from 0.1 mV / s to 100 mV / s and impulse time from 10 ms to 300 ms |
10BGN/hour |
Prof. Mario Mitov; |
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Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of single electrodes and bi-electrochemical systems |
50BGN/hour |
Assoc. Prof. Yolina Hubenova; |
Characterization
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Service |
Price |
Person in Charge |
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X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) |
50 BGN/sample |
Prof. Sasho Vasilev; |
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Hg porometry |
100 BGN/sample |
Prof. Sasho Vasilev; |
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Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) |
100 BGN/sample |
Prof. Sasho Vasilev; |
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BET analysis |
50 BGN/sample |
Prof. Sasho Vasilev; |
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Pore analysis in capillary flow |
50 BGN/sample |
Prof. Sasho Vasilev; |
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Gas permeability |
50 BGN/sample |
Prof. Sasho Vasilev; |
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DTA / TG / DSC analysis |
60 BGN/sample |
Prof. Sasho Vasilev; |
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X-ray analysis of powders, thin films and solids, liquid sample analysis and thin layer refractometry (crystalline, amorphous or liquid samples). |
50 BGN/sample |
Assoc. Prof. Veselin Sinigersky; |
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IR spectra recording (KBr or thin film) |
20 BGN |
Assoc. Prof. Veselin Sinigersky; |
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Thermogravimetric analysis - Heating / cooling from 30 ° C to 1000 ° C at rates from 5 ° C / min to 200 ° C / min. Non-isothermal and isothermal mode of operation. |
Under negotiation, but not less than 50 BGN/hour |
Assoc. Prof. Veselin Sinigersky; |
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Quantitative determination of the heavy metal content (Fe, Mn, Cr, Ni, Cu, Pb, Hg, etc.) in aqueous solutions, incl. drinking and waste water |
15 BGN/елемент |
Prof. Mario Mitov; |
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Sample preparation for analysis of heavy metals in complex matrices (soils, sediments, etc.) |
25 BGN/hour |
Prof. Mario Mitov; |
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Determination of COD of household and industrial waste water |
35 BGN/sample |
Assoc. Prof. Yolina Hubenova; |
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Determination of COD of household and industrial waste water |
35 BGN/sample |
Prof. Mario Mitov; |
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Determination of specific enzyme activities in biological samples |
35 BGN/ензим |
Assoc. Prof. Yolina Hubenova; |
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Determination of redox activity of pigments |
25BGN/num. |
Assoc. Prof. Yolina Hubenova; |
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Recording of UV-Vis-NIR Spectra of pigments |
15BGN/num. |
Assoc. Prof. Yolina Hubenova; |
OTHER methods for H2 production/storage
Hydrogen production by impulse and photoelectrolysis
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Service |
Price |
Person in Charge |
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Recording of linear and cyclic voltammograms, chronamperometric and potentiometric curves of electrocatalysts (maximum current 1 A, maximum voltage 100 V) |
60 BGN /hour |
Prof. Martin Bojinov, |
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Characterisation of electrocatalysts in pulse mode (frequency 0.005-10 kHz, base voltage 0-100 V, base current 0-14.4 A, pulse saturation 0-100%) |
60 BGN / hour |
Prof. Martin Bojinov, |
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Linear and cyclic photovoltaic photogrammetry, photon-photon-time curves in galvanostatic and photopotential - time in galvanostatic mode (maximum current 1 A, maximum voltage 100 V, frequency of modulation 0.005-3 kHz, spectral range 200-800 nm, light source power 100-250 W) |
80 BGN / hour |
Prof. Martin Bojinov, |
Hydrogen production and storage with RES
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Service |
Price |
Person in Charge |
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Spin coating deposition - Rotation speed up to 6000 min-1 - 10 Programs with 10 steps to change speed and spin time |
120 BGN/hour |
Assoc. Prof. Maxim Ganchev; |
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Vapor deposition of thin layers – set up for thin film deposition by evaporation - 180 A, two sources |
60 BGN/hour |
Assoc. Prof. Maxim Ganchev; |
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Electrochemical measurements in stationary and dynamic mode, deposition of layers, electrochemical synthesis, Volt-ampere characteristics of thin-film structures |
80 BGN/hour |
Assoc. Prof. Maxim Ganchev; |
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Thin film optic characteristics determination - Spectrophotometer Shimadzu UV 3600 - UV - VIS / NIR400 - 2000 nm / 2 nm, Integrating sphere |
100 BGN/hour |
Assoc. Prof. Maxim Ganchev; |
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Photovoltaic generator (10 kVA) for the production of electricity from solar radiation |
120 BGN/hour |
Assoc. Prof. Maxim Ganchev; |
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Testing of modules and photoelements - volt-ampere characteristics of PVB modules and cells, seasonal and daily load factors, etc. |
120 BGN/hour |
Assoc. Prof. Maxim Ganchev; |
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Complex services for the synthesis and characterization of thin-film materials |
Under negotiation |
Assoc. Prof. Maxim Ganchev; |
Production and storage of hydrogen in containers
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Service |
Price |
Person in Charge |
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Production and storage of hydrogen in containers at low pressure (10-12 atm) in the form of a metal hydride |
50 BGN/num. |
Prof. Mario Mitov; |
Complex services
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Production of cation and anion conductive membranes based on polybenzimid azole (PBI) for fuel cells and electrolyzers
Proton (H +) conducting membranes:
- Low / medium temperature membranes - Operating temperature up to 120 °C:
√ PBI membranes containing immobilized phosphonium and / or sulfonic groups;
√ Proton conductivity at 100% relative humidity - up to 80 mS.cm-1.
- High temperature membranes - operating temperature up to 180 °C:
√ PBI membranes doped with phosphoric acid (PK) with improved mechanical properties and proton conductivity
• Cross-lined m-PBI, p-PBI and AB-PBI;
• Composit membranes containing inorganic fillers (montmorillonite, graphite oxide or activated coal);
√ Proton coductivity at a relative humidity of 5-20% - from 120 to 450 mS.cm-1.
Anion (OH) conducting membranes - PBI, doped with KOH:
• Membranes of crosslinked m-PBI, p-PBI and AB-PBI;
• Composite membranes of m-PBI, p-PBI and AB-PBI containing inorganic montmorillonite filler.
√ Operating temperature up to 110 °C, relative humidity 50-100%, ion conductivity from 100 to 1200 mS.cm-1.
Person in Charge: Assoc. Prof. Veselin Sinigersky; vsinigersky@gmail.com
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Complex services for the synthesis
- Synthesis of inorganic materials with determined composition and structure by different methods and using different techniques of high temperature and chemical ("wet") synthesis. Determination of basic physical and chemical parameters of the material ;
- Thin films of inorganic and hybrid materials deposited on media of different material and type (flat and flexible) and characterization of the obt ained layers films of inorganic and hybrid materials deposited on media of different material and type (flat and flexible) and characterization of the obtained layers
Person in Charge: Prof. Tamara Petkova; tpetkova@iees.bas.bg
- Complex services for the synthesis and characterization of thin-film materials
Person in Charge: Assoc. Prof. Maxim Ganchev; mganchev@gmail.com
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Electrochemical methods for characterization of the operational properties of catalytic materials for the production of hydrogen - galvanostatic, potentiostatic, linear and cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy in galvanostatic and potentiostatic mode
- Pulsed methods for obtaining hydrogen in model cells and small stacks – testing of type of pulse, saturation, pulse frequency, effective voltage and pulse current);
- Characterization of the exploitation properties of photocatalysts for hydrogen production by photoelectrochemical methods - phototochemical time dependence in potentiostatic and photopotential - time in galvanostatic mode, linear and cyclic photovoltaimetry and photo / photon spectroscopy;
- Electrochemical synthesis of catalysts and photocatalysts for the production of hydrogen on the basis of ordered systems of nanoporous and nanotubes of oxides of valve metals (Ti, Al, W, Nb, Zr, Mo and their alloys);
Person in Charge: Prof. Martin Bojinov, martin@uctm.edu
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Characterization and testing of materials, components, electrolysers and fuel cells (including microbiological electrolysers and fuel cells)
- Complex electrochemical tests of electrode materials by various techniques (linear voltamperometry, cyclic voltamperometry, differential pulse voltamperometry, chronamperometry, chronornometryetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, etc.);
- Comprehensive tests of fuel cells and electrolyzers, incl. bioelectrochemical studies of microbial fuel cells and microbial electrolysis cells;
- Characterization of the exploitation properties of catalytic materials for the production of hydrogen by electrochemical methods - galvanostatic, potentiostatic, linear and cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy in galvanostatic and potentiostatic mode.
Person(s) in Charge: Prof. Martin Bojinov, martin@uctm.edu
Assoc. Prof. Yolina Hubenova; y.hubenova@iees.bas.bg
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In-situ testing of fuel cells and electrolyzers in an specially disigned for impedance measurements furnace with a DC power supply in the temperature range from room temperature up to 900 °C and softwaring controlled experimental conditions (temperature, power and energy, gases - hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, air and gas mixtures).
- “Button cel” samples:
- Symmetrical half cells with a diameter of 10-35 mm. Measurements can be carried out in a different gas atmoshere: air, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen;
- Full cell with a diameter of 19-24 mm in two- chamber configuration in different gas atmosheres: Fuel electrode- hydrogen (wet or dry), hydrogen / nitrogen mixture; Air electrode: air, oxygen, mixtures of oxygen / nitrogen.
- The tests may be combined with:
- Impedance measurements on a fixed operating point in the temperature range from room temperature to 900 °C (optional) and different gas atmospheres;
- Volt-ampere and power characteristics;
- Conductivity study – electronic, ionic, oxygen and mixed;
- Determination of polarization resistance and full cell resistance;
- Determination and separation of the bulk conductivity from that of the grain boundary;
- Evaliation of the electrode reaction polarization;
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Analysis of the results obtained by laboratory tests or analysis of external results using conventional and advanced electrochemical methods - impedance and dielectric spectroscopy, non-stationary and differential analysis, differential resistance analysis, imaging diagnostics, etc.
Person in Charge: Dr. Blagoy Burdin; b.burdin@iees.bas.bg