X2LAB, Nutlock-Type Cell, Swagelok-Type Cell

Nutlock-Type Cell (available in 10mm or 13mm diameter)

(Formerly known Swagelok-type Cells).

For Lithium-ion battery research.

Description
Product Details

Nutlock-type Cells

📌 Formerly known as Swagelok-type cell

Specially designed to facilitate Lithium-ion battery research. Easy to assemble with high success rate. It’s made of 5 parts, as shown in the picture. This nutlock-type cell works like a coin cell, but it is much easier to assemble and disassemble, with high success rate. No crimping tool is required. It is also easy to repeat the test for better test results.

Basic Dimensions of The Parts

Stainless Steel caps (outer diameter: 25.4mm)
Teflon body, inner diameter: 13mm (also available in 10mm)
Sealing Pad included: thickness 0.8mm

Product Name Change

This product was formerly know as Swagelok-Type Cell since we designed and started manufacturing it. It was changed to Nutlock-Type Cell per request from Swagelok Company. We are not related to Swagelok Company in any way. This is NOT a product of Swagelok Company.

Usage Guide

The cell is to be placed vertically on the rack or other supporting fixture during measurement. In each cell, 5-10 drops of electrolytes are required to wet the electrode and separator. We recommend to wrap the cells with para-film after assembly in Glove-box in order to ensure better sealing. From year 2016, we have improved sealing design by including silicone gasket. The electrolyte will be kept in the cap even when excess electrolyte is added. Note the gap between the stell rod and Teflon body is very small.

Typical Procedures

The working electrode consisted of active material (e.g., TiO2 NSHSs), a conductive agent (carbon black, Super-P-Li), and a polymer binder in a 70:20:10 weight ratio. Mix and put on copper foil, fry in vacuum oven.
Pure lithium metal as both the counter electrode and the reference electrode at room temperature.
In Nutlock-type cell, put working electrodes first, then separator, then the lithium metal.
How to put in separator: stick lithium metal on the one with smaller pole, wet with electrolyte so that separator can stick onto it. Put into Nutlock-type cell.