Facility
Laboratory equipment
Ito lab has own basic laboratory equipment. The standard dataset can be obtained in Ito lab. Moreover, Ito lab can access to the high level common equipment on Tsukuba area (NIMS and AIST)
Electrochemical station
(VSP-300, Biologic)
Electrochemical reaction, corrosion, supercapacitor, battery etc can be investigated. Ito lab provides one channel for one person. Three potentiostats here.
PEM-type water electrolyzer
PEM-type water electrolysis performances are investigated with two water electrolyzers connected with VSP-300 with 30 A booster units.
Gas Chromatography
(GC-2030, Shimadzu)
Chemical products such as methanol, ethanol, formic acid are quantitatively estimated for electrochemical CO2 reductions.
Scanning Electron Microscope
(SEM, JEOL)
Microstructures of the materials are observed. EDS was equipped.
Chemical vapor deposition machine
Graphene, carbon materials and 2D materials such as MoS2 etc are synthesized. One CVD per one student.
Box-type furnace
Autoclave experiments are performed.
Fumehood
Use chemicals here.
Vacuum type glovebox (Unico)
Metal-air battery experiments are performed under no oxygen and water conditions.
Raman microscope (Renishaw)
Analyze the graphene and carbon materials with 2D mapping modes.
X-ray Diffraction (Bruker)
Analyze the crystal structures.
Semiconductor parameter analyzer
(B1500A, Keysight)
Transport properties are analyzed.
Beams milling machine (AMEX)
Crash the metals for 50 nm nanoparticles.
Charge-discharge machine
(HJ1020mSD8, Hokuto Denko)
Primary and secondary battery are tested. 40 ch here.