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Capacities
CIDETEC FOUNDATION
University Technology Center Other SME Big Industry
characterization nanocomposites nanosensors synthesis/funct nanophotonics
nanobiotechnology nanoadditives nanometrology nanosimulation nanoencapsulates
Address:
Paseo Miramón, 196
20009 Donostia-San Sebastián
Tel.: +34 943 309 022
Fax: +34 943 309 136
www.cidetec.es
Contact:
Dr. Hans-Jürgen Grande
Technical Manager
hgrande@cidetec.es
Organization profile
The Centre for Electrochemical Technologies, CIDETEC, was created in 1997 as a non-profit Foundation
with the mission of serving the industry to enhance its competitiveness through the implementation of
innovative procedures and products. CIDETEC had an annual turnover of 9.5 M€ in 2011 and at the
present time employs a highly qualified staff of 122 people (including 38 PhD) capable of conducting
specialised research, development and innovation, technical assessment, technological diffusion,
information sourcing and training.
CIDETEC addresses electrochemical technology mainly from an applied research point of view. Its
experience and ―know-how‖ cover three main areas of activity: Energy (Batteries, Fuel Cells and other
electrochemical storage systems), Surface Finishing (Coatings and Processes) and New Materials
(Nanotechnologies, Biomaterials, Sensors and Photonics).
CIDETEC’s facilities are housed in approximately 5000 m 2 of laboratory space, including a dry room
designed for battery-testing experiments (the only one in Spain) and available to all departments. The
laboratories are designed to accommodate project-specific work patterns and scientific equipment and
are equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation that permits the synthesis and comprehensive
chemical, mechanical, optical and electrochemical characterization
Main capacities in nanotechnology / nanoscience
Synthesis and functionalization of nanoparticles, nanorods and nanowires (metallic, polymeric,
oxides, sulphides, semiconductors).
Arrays of 1-D nanostructures (e.g. nanowires and nanotubes) of multifunctional metal oxides and
conductive polymers (e.g. PEDOT).
New electrochemical routes for the production of graphene.
Synthesis of magnetic fluids (ferrofluids).
Synthesis and characterization of (electro)catalysts for the energy (fuel cells, batteries, hydrogen
production, water oxidation and electrosynthesis processes).
Metallic, ceramic and polymeric nanocomposites with tailored properties (anti-scratching, selfcleaning,
self-healing, anti-fouling, super-hydrophobic, with high mechanical and tribological properties,
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