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User Manual ECC-Opto-Std – Release 2.62
Stand
ECC-Opto-Std cell
Lid
Cell body
Port REF
(Reference pin RE)
Port B
(Electrolyte filling port)
Port A
(Contact pin WE)
Touch screw (CE)
1 Product Description
The ECC-Opto-Std test cell serves to monitor the optical properties of an electrode
material in the course of electrochemical charging. For this purpose, the working
electrode (WE) material, which is supported on a meshed or holed current collector, is
placed right below the optical window. This WE is sandwiched from below with a glass
fiber separator and an appropriate counter electrode, (CE).
This way, the optical instrument “looks” from the top through the optical window onto
the backside of the electrode material. Typical instrumentations include optical and
confocal Raman microscopy in the reflection mode. A re-fitting kit for X-ray is available
as an option (view page 13).
The maximum diameter of the working electrode WE is 10 mm, while that of the
inspection hole is 1 mm (optional up to 10 mm). The cell is equipped with a reference
electrode pin for 3-electrode operation.
