Open facilities to discover and develop functional energy materials

The E-MAT facility provides a protected argon atmosphere for the synthesis of a new generation of functional energy materials, representing one of the pillars of securing sustainable energy solutions in the future.

The facility is open to both academia and industry and consists of 15 glovebox modules that are interconnected by a transfer system and house a series of advanced materials research equipment.

About

The E-MAT facility provides a cross-disciplinary environment and platform for discovering and synthesizing new functional energy materials and is located at DTU, Lyngby in Greater Copenhagen.

The first of its kind in Northern Europe, the facility consists of 15 interconnected gloveboxes encompassing a cluster of key equipment within an inert atmosphere. This includes state-of-the-art deposition methods, to enable control of surfaces and interfaces at the atomic scale and ensuring safe handling of delicate materials.

As a national and international centre of excellence for education and research, the aim is to foster innovation and creativity, and open new opportunities for students and visiting researchers, across universities as well as industry.

E-MAT is run in partnership with University of Southern Denmark, University of Copenhagen, and Aarhus University. E-MAT is open to both academia and industry and aims to encourage new collaborations to evolve between universities and industrial partners.

Equipment

The E-MAT facility consists of 15 glovebox modules that are interconnected by a transfer system and house a series of advanced materials research equipment in a protected argon atmosphere. The glovebox environment houses 6 advanced materials deposition systems along with smaller pieces of equipment.

The OPTIvap physical vapour deposition (PVD) chamber
The Picosun R-200 advanced ALD system
The TSST Pulsed Laser Deposition
The Lithoz CeraFab 2M30 3D Ceramic Printer
The PiXDRO LP50 R&D inkjet printer
The FOM VectorSC slot die coating
  • Hot plate
  • Vacuum hot plate
  • High temperature muffle furnace
  • Low temperature vacuum furnace
  • Spin coater
  • Climate chamber
  • UV encapsulation
  • Glass bottom solar box
  • Sample preparation area

Interested in collaborating?

The facility is open to both academic institutions and industry. For information on how to book access to the E-MAT facility please contact us.

Get access to E-MAT

Please fill out the form to send an inquiry about booking our laboratory facilities.

Have any questions?

You are always welcome to contact us if you have any questions about the facilities, the application form or anything else.

Daisy Elisabeth Gomersall
Development engineer
Department of Energy Conversion and Storage
e-mat@dtu.dk

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Partners & Funding

The facility is supported by the research infrastructure pool of the Ministry of Higher Education and Science, with funding matched by a national collaboration between the University of Copenhagen, the University of Southern Denmark, Aarhus University, and the Technical University of Denmark, DTU.