Observe. Understand. Innovate.
Reveal the hidden dynamics of battery materials. Our HexaCell operando cells let you follow structural changes in real time, while your battery is cycling — in the lab or at the synchrotron.
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Watch your materials work, not just before and after.
Operando diffraction captures what really happens inside an electrode during charge and discharge: phase transitions, lattice evolution, reaction mechanisms.
Assemble
Fill the HexaCell like a standard battery cell. Its streamlined design makes assembly quick and the sealing reliable.
Mount & cycle
Place the cell on your diffractometer or beamline with the dedicated holder, connect your potentiostat and start cycling.
Understand
Collect diffraction patterns continuously and correlate structural changes with the electrochemistry, in real time.
The HexaCell family
HexaCell Reflection
Light, easy to fill and reliable — our flagship cell for operando measurements in reflection geometry.
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HexaCell Transmission
The twin of the Reflection cell, purpose-built for transmission geometry, in the lab or at the synchrotron.
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HexaCell Small Beam
Ideal for synchrotron beamlines and laboratory diffractometers using a small beam.
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Designed by battery researchers, for battery researchers.
We use operando diffraction in our own research. The HexaCell — known in the literature as the LeRiChe'S Cell, successor of the Leriche cell — is the operando XRD electrochemical cell we wanted to have on our bench.
- Light and easy to fillStreamlined assembly that saves you time in the lab.
- Reliable sealingConsistent, leak-tight performance over long cycling experiments.
- Flexible windowsBeryllium, aluminium or glassy carbon, depending on your experiment.
- Lab & synchrotronHolders available for common diffractometers and beamlines.
Two decades of operando expertise
Insight Instruments was founded in 2025 by three partners, including two university researchers with internationally recognised expertise in materials chemistry, electrochemistry and operando diffraction.
Jean-Noël Chotard
Cédric Chazel
Vincent Seznec
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