Lab Research Area: Electrochemical Power Systems
*Previously known as the Hawai‘i Sustainable Energy Research Facility (HiSERF)
Main Areas of Research
- Polymer electrolyte fuel cells and characterization methods;
- Fuel cell power systems for unmanned vehicles; and
- Hybrid and derivative technologies such as flow batteries, water electrolyzers, water purification, and other electrolyzer applications
Lab Equipment
Test Stations
- 5 kW custom modified fuel cell stack test station
- Two 1 kW custom modified flow cell test stations for water electrolysis, flow batteries, derivative and other electrolyzer technologies
- Two Greenlight FCATS G50 single cell fuel cell test stations
- 2 kW FuelCon Evaluator-S fuel cell test station custom modified with advanced impedance, hardware in the loop capabilities for single cells and small stacks, and multi-channel electrochemical impedance spectroscopy analyzer
- 100 cm2 fuel cell test station for segmented electrode characterization and advanced impedance capabilities
- Coanda Research and Development Corporation custom built tracer system for two phase gas/liquid reactant flows characterization
Diagnostic and Characterization Equipment
- Two Solartron Analytical 1287A potentiostats
- Bio-Logic VSP bipotentiostat
- Two Solartron Analytical 1260A frequency response analyzers
- Princeton Applied Research PARSTAT 2273 with 20 A current booster
- Three Agilent 4338B AC milliohmmeters
- Two Hioki BT-3562-01 AC milliohmmeters
- National Instruments PXI-based current/voltage/impedance measurement system for segmented electrode analysis
- Bruker Daltronics Scion 456-GC gas chromatograph with single-quad mass spectrometer
- Varian CP3800 gas chromatograph customizable for various detectors (PFPD, FID, TCD, HPDID)
Flow Battery Testing and Characterization
- Scribner Associates 5 cm2 redox flow cell test fixture
- Scribner Associates 25 cm2 redox flow cell test fixture
- Custom built test system which can monitor the state of charge, half-cell electrode potentials, and pH and conductivity of both electrolytes
- Scribner Associates BT-11x membrane conductivity cell
- Two Orion Star A215 electrolyte pH and conductivity meters
- Hanna Instruments HI902c-01 potentiometric titrator
- Shimadzu model UV-1800 ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer
Other Equipment
- Graphtec FC4200-50 cutting plotter
- Ozone Solutions model TG-20 ozone generator
- Ozone Solutions model HG-1500 ozone generator
- Ozone Solutions model ODS 3H ozone destruct device
