High-class research is conducted at the MSN department thanks partly to top-class laboratory infrastructure and a laboratory management system that aims for excellence. Latest technologies and laboratory equipment in several research fields are available. A characterization platform that provides transverse support and training to researchers and students has also evolved into playing a central role in the development of the laboratory space. All equipment are available for academic and industrial research collaborations and are well prearranged in several platforms:

• Jaw Crusher Model II: PULVERISETTE 1
• Drum Mill: TM 300 RETSCH
• Sieving system for aggregate grain size distribution
• High quality cleaning systems: Novatec 2CRD – 400
• Ultrasonicator

• Physical vapor deposition system: CROSS FIELD PVD – 400
• Spin coater
• Tube furnace for high-temperature syntheses
• Extruder (laboratory twin-screw extruder)
• Heat press
• Freeze dryer
• Ovens and tubular furnaces
• Freezer
• Purified water system

• X-ray diffraction: BRUKER D8 ADVANCE
• Scanning Electron Microscope: ZEISS 300
• Surface testing Machine: ANTON PAAR
• X-ray fluorescence (XRF): PANALYTICAL EPSILON 4
• Raman spectrometers: HORIBA - LabRAM HR Evolution
• Mechanical testing machine for uniaxial/triaxial testing
• Thermogravimetric Analyzers: TA instruments Discovery
• Rheometer: Discovery HR-3, TA instruments
• Laser Granulometer: Mastersizer 2000, Malvern
• Differential Scanning Calorimeters (DSC): Discovery TA instruments
• Fourier Transform InfraRed spectroscopy Spectrometer (FTIR): Frontier Perkin Elmer
• UV-Vis-NIR Spectrophotometer: Lambda 1050 Perkin Elmer
• Gaz Chromatography: Clarius 500 Perkin Elmer
• Surface Area Analyzers: Gemini VII 2390, Micromeritics
• Pycnometer: AccuPyc II 1340, Micromeritics
• Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer: DMA 8000 PerkinElmer
• Optical Microscope: eclipse e100, Nikon
• Hight resolution Microscope: DSX500, Olympus
• Cyclic Corrosion Test Chamber

• Gloveboxes
• Multichannel Battery test facilities for up to 144 channels
• Redox flow battery test system (C-Flow LAB)
• Compact Tape Casting Coater
• Vacuum sealing machine
• De-crimping coin cell machine
• In situ and in operando X-ray diffraction for rechargeable batteries characterization
• In situ and in operando Raman spectroscopy for rechargeable batteries characterization