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Boost your potential... Power Boosters Charge/discharge 12V20A 24V10A 50V5A 100V3A Discharge only 50V25A Solartron's range of power boosters, in combination with single or multi-channel potentiostats, enables high performance electrochemical tests to be run on a wide range of ultra-low impedance energy storage devices and electrochemical cells. Applications include: w Development of energy sources for laptop PCs, mobile phones and power tools. w Fuel cell and supercapacitor research for electric vehicle or standby power. w Battery research including Li-Ion automotive batteries. w Solar Cells w Electrochemical etching and electroplating. High performance... These power boosters are designed to operate with Solartron single and multi-channel potentiostats. An extensive range of DC techniques are available for use with these boosters: w Floating design - enables tests on grounded cells w DC and impedance tests on short stack fuel cells and individual cells within the stack (depending on potentiostat auxiliary channel capability) w ohmic drop / ESR equivalent series resistance analysis w Choice of models with 100 V / 25 A range w 100 kHz impedance measurement bandwidth for SOFC and other high frequency applications w Automatically controlled by the potentiostat w high-speed voltage / current pulse techniques (e.g. for testing GSM mobile phone and satellite communication energy storage devices) For impedance... The following impedance analysis techniques are available depending on the potentiostat and FRA: w Swept sine analysis - for ultimate accuracy and repeatability w Multi-sine / Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) - for fast impedance analysis w Harmonic and intermodulation analysis - for optimisation of stimulus levels and detection of noise and interference The frequency range of these power boosters is 10 µHz to 100 kHz allowing a wide range of energy storage devices to be characterized over their full frequency range. Software This range of power boosters is fully integrated with the full range of Solartron Analytical single and multi-channel software packages. All scaling factors and control issues are taken care of by the software.

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(* discharge mode only, for fuel cell tests, maximum power 125 W) Voltage Drive Maximum voltage Depends on booster model Voltage scaling Voltage ranges Voltage accuracy Impedance measurement accuracy Note: 1V ac excitation, except at lower impedance levels where the excitation is reduced to maintain the current limit. Voltage Monitor Scaling 1/10 of Cell Voltage (**100 V model 1/13.5) Front Panel Controls Stop Button Mechanical Latching General Power consumption Depends on booster model Current scaling Current ranges Current accuracy Safety complies with Maximum current Supply (single...

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