This edition of the Squidstat Scientific Spotlight takes us to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), where Professor Christopher R. Lambert is using the Squidstat Soloentry-level potentiostatandSquidstat Plus EIS-capable potentiostat to teach undergraduate students a hands-on introduction to electrochemistry.
Through hands-on electrochemical measurements, students at WPI investigate how changing experimental conditions can influence what they observe, while working together to compare results and build a deeper understanding of redox chemistry.
One question in particular captures the spirit of the course: “What happens if…?” That curiosity becomes the starting point for students to design experiments, test their ideas, and discover electrochemical principles for themselves.
Discover how Dr. Lambert is using Squidstats to turn that curiosity into hands-on learning and inspire the next generation of electrochemists.
Episode 6 of our stop-motion video series is here! This time, the Squidstat Solvers are showing how multiple Squidstat units and channels can be controlled independently from a single computer.
Whether using multiple Squidstat units in a Multichannel Setup or a single unit with multiple channels, each channel can run its own experiment. In this episode, the Squidstat Solvers explore using the Squidstat User Interface (SUI) tabs: "Multichannel Control" and "Run an Experiment", demonstrating how to start the experiments on individual channels simultaneously or at different times.
With their signature mix of movement and humor, they’ll demonstrate how, from a single computer, you can monitor multiple experiments in one window and stop, restart, or replace one experiment without interrupting the others.
Featured Application Note This Month
This month we are featuring a technical application note focused on monitoring individual cells within a battery stack, titled “EIS & Monitoring Battery Cells Connected in Series Using Squidstats”. This application note demonstrates how Squidstat Cyclers, Squidstat Potentiostats, and the Zahner IM7 with PAD42 can be used to characterize an entire cell stack while simultaneously monitoring individual cell voltage and EIS.
This 7-page document provides practical guidance on measuring internal cell resistance using DCIR and EIS, and comparing individual cell performance with the overall stack.
An example using a customized 4-channel Squidstat Cycler and two 18650 Li-ion cells demonstrates how cell-level monitoring can help identify performance differences, degradation, and potential failure points.
Admiral Instruments proudly serves our customers who are among the millions of scientists, engineers, & technicians around the world using potentiostats and battery cyclers to uncover new ways electrochemistry may benefit us all.
To celebrate how electrochemistry has shaped the past, touches our present-day lives, and influences the future, every month we post five news articles, publications, & trivia related to electrochemistry.
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