Resource & Capabilities
The Centre for Hydrogen and Carbon Innovations (CHCI) has cutting-edge research capabilities spanning a broad range of disciplines that are essential to advancing hydrogen technologies and carbon innovations, positioning Singapore at the forefront of the global energy transition.
Surface Science
Q-plus Atomic Force Microscopy /Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy
The microscope can perform non-invasive sub-Å resolution imaging for structural characterization.
Atomic-scale spectroscopy can be used to study local electronic properties.
The microscope is equipped with in situ capabilities, such as heating, cooling and gas dosage control.
Near-Ambient-Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (NAP-XPS)
Probing the surface reactions under the gas pressures up to 20 mbar
In-situ preparation of catalyst-support model systems
Various in situ capabilities – heating, cooling, biasing, gaseous environment
Electron Microscopy
Aberration-corrected Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope
Sub-Å resolution for low (e.g. 60kV) and high e-beam (e.g. 200kV) energies
Atomic scale chemical analysis via EELS and X-EDS
Various in situ capabilities – heating, cooling, biasing, gaseous environment
Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Microscope
0.2-30kV electron optics
0.5-30kV ion optics (7 nm resolution at 30kV)
In situ sample lift-out system
Analytical Chemistry
Positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS)
High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
Understanding Catalysts Under Working Conditions
In situ Raman
In situ XAS
In situ Mössbauer spectroscopy
Catalyst Synthesis and Evaluation
High-throughput Catalysts Synthesis, Testing and Integrated Characterizations
Laboratory-Scale Prototype Catalytic Membrane Reactor for H2 Production
This reactor can be used to perform catalytic membrane reaction tests and hydrogen separation with membrane.Theoretical Chemistry
Computational modelling of materials at various scales
Surface chemistry
