Analysis of carbon raw materials for energy challenges

Understand & characterize carbon materials is mandatory to ensure final cell properties & optimize production process

Analysis of carbon materials is crucial for raw material and electrode manufacturers, suppliers for batteries, electric vehicle manufacturers, and other users of carbon raw materials. Ensuring the quality and consistency of carbon materials used in energy storage and conversion devices can be done by studying their level of purity, their physical structure and their performance.

HORIBA provides a global solution for characterizing carbon materials in energy devices, offering unmatched automation and performance features like Qcarbon for microRaman. As an expert in research and support, HORIBA prepares, trains, and supports multiple instruments, ensuring worldwide presence and consistent assistance for users.

Brochure: Analysis of carbon Raw Materials For Energy Challenges

This brochure details the analytical needs for carbon in energy, showcasing HORIBA's solutions: Raman for crystallinity, ETV-ICP-OES for concentration, and tools for particle size, surface area, and carbon concentration.

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Application Note: Measurement of Oxygen Deficiency in Lithium Manganate

The EMIA-Expert can help control the carbon concentration in the cathode materials at ppm level. It can also accurately measure sulfur concentration, which affects battery lifetime, capacity and degradation. Analysis time is as short as approximately 1 minute, enabling highly accurate quantitative analysis with a small sample volume.

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Application note: Surface Area of Graphite

The HORIBA SA-9650 surface area analyzer proved to be an ideal instrument for measuring the surface area of graphite both by single and multi-point analysis. The analyses were fast, repeatable and the instrument is robust.

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