Essential.

Powerful, workhorse instruments for academia and industry.

A range of powerful, modular, high-precision research-grade potentiostat/galvanostats built to handle almost every academic and industrial application imaginable.

Quality has in no way been compromised on this high-precision range of products. The BioLogic Essential range is made up of purpose-built, workhorse instruments, designed for researchers who need robust, high-quality, electrochemical measurement equipment, with standard acquisition times.

For an overview of the differences between our Essential and Premium ranges click here.

Instruments.

VSP

EIS measurement from 10 µHz to 1 MHz, Current ranging from 10 μA up to 1 A

VMP3

Includes low current measurement, impedance and high current capability via plug-in modules.

SP-50

User-friendly potentiostat/galvanostat designed to address general electrochemistry/corrosion applications

SP-150

Based on a modular chassis, this instrument can be customized to address every possible application in the field of classical electrochemistry.

HCP-803

A research-grade potentiostat with the power of an 80 A booster

HCP-1005

A compact high-current potentiostat/galvanostat/FRA specifically designed to study high-capacity secondary batteries

VSP-3e

Eight channels, +/- 1A (expandable up to 800A); Ethernet connectivity, Built-in EIS

Add-ons.

Boosters for VMP3 instruments

FlexP0012

booster designed specifically for electrolyzer/fuel cell characterizations with a continuous maximum current of +/-200 A for a single unit extendable up to +/-800 A by connecting four units in parallel

Low Current option

Lowers the base current range from 10 μA to 1 nA

SAM-50

link up to 3 SAM-50 to record up-to 30 additional voltages.

FlexP0160 & FlexP0060

A powerful booster suitable for Redox Flow Batteries (RFB) or fuel cell stacks.

Featured Accessories.

BluRev Rotating Disk Electrode (RDE)

The BluRev RDE is a versatile and rugged rotating disk electrode ideal for use with any Bio-Logic potentiostat/galvanostat. It is available with a choice of quick-fit exchangeable electrode tips in a wide range of materials and diameters.

Standard corrosion cells

The standard corrosion cell is a one-liter cell that can accommodate oversized samples and is specially designed for uniform corrosion experiments.

CCH

This simple coin cell holder allows to test simultaneously 4 coin cells. It is compatible with MPG2 and VMP3 multichannel potentiostat/galvanostat. 4 of these are needed reach 16 simultaneous experiments.

CCH-120/CCH-124

These easy-to-use single coin cell holders are available for two coin cell diameters : 20 and 24 mm. The maximum thickness of the coin cells that can be held is 3.2 mm.

PBH-4 / PBH-8

4 and 8-channel holders are available for small pouch cells up to 32 A. These holders have 4-point connection allowing high accuracy measurements.

CBH-4 / CBH-8

CBH-4 and CBH-8 are 4 and 8-position battery holders, respectively, dedicated to large and high power cylindrical battery cells.

BH-1i

The BH-1i Battery Holder is a modular accessory for battery test applications, compatible with a wide variety of battery types (coin cells, 18650 and 26650 cells), up to 4 batteries can be tested simultaneously, with a maximum current of 15 A per channel.

CCH-8

The CCH-8 is an 8 position coin holder designed for 20 and 24 mm coin cells, with a maximum thickness of 3.2 mm. Its 4 point connection provides low connection impedance, necessary for accurate AC and DC tests.

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Related topics.

Understanding bandwidth & its effect on measurements

An article which gives an overview of the electronic system that sits behind a potentiostat/galvanostats and describes how it can affect your measurements.

Data of interest -work more efficiently.

Get the most out of your blue box : how EC/BT-Lab can help you work more efficiently as well as save valuable time.

Why 4-point measurements?

A potentiostat / galvanostat is an instrument that can control both the current and the voltage imposed to a cell. For this purpose, Bio-Logic instruments require at least 4 cables:

Obtain high quality measurements…

This article gives some tips to improve the quality of measurements, from optimizing the setup or the connection interfaces, to the geometry of the cell itself.