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Knowledge Library · 5 topics

Fuel Cells, Electrolysers and Flow Batteries

Polarisation (I/E) curves, EIS characterisation, platinum ECSA determination, high-current electrolyser measurements and vanadium redox flow battery tests.

Fuel Cell AN11

How is the electrochemically active surface area (ECSA) of a platinum catalyst calculated?

ECSA calculation from hydrogen adsorption/desorption charges; CV on an RDE and the EC-Lab® integration tool.

Sections of the note: Introduction · Experimental Conditions · Protocol Description · Calculation of the Active Surface · Conclusion

Related products:BluRevSP-300SP-150e
Download PDF Source: biologic.net · Updated: July 1, 2025
Fuel Cell AN31

Fuel cell testing 1: How is the polarisation (I/E) curve recorded and interpreted?

Activation, ohmic and mass-transfer regions; constant-current/constant-voltage sweep protocols and the fuel-cell test set-up with EC-Lab®.

Sections of the note: Introduction · Set-up description · Gas and water management · Presentation · Safety parameters · Humidity calculator tool

Download PDF Source: biologic.net · Updated: July 28, 2023
Fuel Cell AN32

Fuel cell testing 2: How is characterisation done with EIS?

Galvano-EIS at operating points; separation of membrane resistance, charge-transfer and diffusion contributions and Z Fit models.

Sections of the note: Introduction · Set-up description · Impedance characterization · EIS data fitting · Data importation from FC-Lab® to EC-Lab® · ZFIT

Download PDF Source: biologic.net · Updated: July 31, 2023
Electrolyzer AN63FlexPSP-150 → SP-150e

How are high-current DC and EIS measurements done on a PEM electrolyser?

Polarisation and EIS up to 200 A through the SP-150e with a FlexP booster; connection, safety and software settings.

Sections of the note: Introduction · Experimental set-up · Measuring hardware · The electrolyzer · Safety considerations · Data discussion

Current model: The SP-150 has been replaced by the SP-150e.
Related products:FlexP SeriesSP-150eVMP-3e
Download PDF Source: biologic.net · Updated: January 31, 2024
Battery –  Application Note 71BCS-815 → BCS-900VSP-300VSP300

How is a vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) characterised in DC and AC?

Charge/discharge, polarisation and EIS in a Pinflow 20 cm² test cell with the VSP-300 and BCS-815; effect of flow rate and SOC on impedance.

Sections of the note: Introduction · VRFB principles · Experimental conditions · Results · Charge to +50% SoC · Cycling

Current model: The BCS-815 has been replaced by the BCS-915.
Download PDF Source: biologic.net · Updated: December 9, 2024

Products related to this class

BluPEM Workstations
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BluPEM Workstations

Integrated platform for PEM and AEM cell and short-stack testing
  • Precise control of gas, humidity, temperature and water/KOH management
  • Fast cooling
  • Integrated potentiostat/galvanostat, wide current and voltage range
HCP-803
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HCP-803

±80 A for supercapacitors and fuel cells
  • ±80 A, ±3 V (at 80 A)
  • EIS up to 20 kHz
  • Fuel cells/electrolyzers, supercapacitors and electroplating
FlexP Series
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FlexP Series

Power EIS: up to 60 V / 800 A
  • FlexP 0060: 60 V / 50 A (200 A with 4 in parallel) — battery pack characterization
  • FlexP 0012: 12 V / 200 A (800 A with 4 in parallel) — fuel cell/electrolyzer
  • EIS 10 kHz – 1 mHz
SP-300
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SP-300

Fast, accurate, stable and modular — grows with your research
  • 2 slots: second channel, bipotentiostat (RRDE) or internal booster
  • Internal booster boards: ±1 A/±48 V, ±2 A/±30 V, ±4 A/[-3;14] V, ±10 A/[-1;6] V
  • EIS 10 µHz – 11 MHz
VMP-3e
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VMP-3e

The 16-channel reference workstation
  • Up to 16 channels, ±1 A per channel
  • External booster on every channel: up to 800 A
  • Multi-electrode setups with CE-to-GND mode
BluRev
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BluRev

±1 RPM accuracy, wide range of RDE and RRDE tips
  • ±1 RPM accuracy
  • RDE, RRDE and interchangeable-disc tips
  • Synchronized control with EC-Lab®

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