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Feb 05
Long-term stable & ready to use: Examining Partly delithiated Lithium Iron Phosphate as reference Material

Long-term Stable and Ready-to-use: Examining Partly Delithiated Lithium Iron Phosphate as Reference Material

Lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO₄, LFP) is a well-established cathode material in lithium-ion battery research due to its excellent electrochemical stability, intrinsic safety, non-toxicity, and low cost. Beyond its commercial success, LiFePO₄ has attracted increasing attention as a reference material due to its highly stable and reproducible electrode potential in non-aqueous... read more →
  • 5. February 2026
Dec 04

PAT-Cell & PAT-Tester: Precision and Longevity for Advanced Battery Research

New 5000-hour Sample Test Results Some time ago, we demonstrated the outstanding reliability and accuracy of the PAT-Cell, our standard 3-electrode battery test cell, in combination with our PAT-tester-i-16 potentiostat, with a 2000-hour measurement. In this new sample test, we have once again cycled a PAT-Cell in a PAT-Tester-i-16, but... read more →
  • 4. December 2025
Oct 16
Oct 10
May 02
New Reed Contact 2nd generation for PAT-Core

New Reed Contact for Improved Measurements with the PAT-Core

Further Improve Your Measurements with the New Reed Contact Generation! It may seem inconspicuous, but the reed contact is a central element in every PAT-Core, as it transmits the signal from the reference electrode to the contact pin of the PAT-Cell and, via this, to the potentiostat. A stable mechanical... read more →
  • 2. May 2025
Aug 01
Testing with Mesh-type Reference Electrodes

Testing with Mesh-type Reference Electrodes

Testing of Battery Materials with Mesh-type Reference Electrodes A long time ago, we advertised to use a finger-type (aka wire-type) reference electrode. Everything we wrote still holds. However, the bad news is that the finger-type reference electrode is no longer available. The good news is that we now have an... read more →
  • 1. August 2024
Jul 05
Comparing Seal Materials for PAT Battery Test Cells

Comparing Seal Materials: When should I use which?

  Comparing Seal Materials: When should I use aluminum or PE seals? The battery test cells in the PAT series are characterized by their high impermeability to the outside atmosphere. This increases the long-term stability of the cell chemistry and enables long-term measurements over several thousand hours. (See example here.)... read more →
  • 5. July 2024
Oct 20

Reliability meets accuracy: Testing with PAT-Cell and PAT-Tester-i-16

  Reliability meets Accuracy: Testing with PAT-Cell and PAT-Tester-i-16. We want to show the results of our last long-term measurement (2000 hours) with the PAT-Cell. The PAT-Cell is our reliable and well-proven workhorse for efficient three-electrode measurements in the field of battery material research. In this measurement,  five PAT-Cells were... read more →
  • 20. October 2022
Apr 16

A Battery is a Can with two Terminals named Plus and Minus

  Testing materials for lithium-ion batteries A battery is a can with two terminals named plus and minus, or 1 and 2. Testing this battery means that you apply either a voltage (V12) profile or a current (i12) profile across the two terminals, and measure the corresponding current or voltage... read more →
  • 16. April 2021
Sep 11

Printed electrodes can now be tested in the PAT-Cell

What is a printed electrode? A printed electrode can be fabricated using techniques such as screen printing or inkjet printing which offer the advantage to produce structured electrodes. The electrode layers are printed onto a suitable substrate. These substrates can be divided into two categories: (i) insulating substrates such as... read more →
  • 11. September 2020
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