Gas analysis and materials characterization: Working in tandem for cleaner, greener tech

The climate is changing, and the public and regulators alike demand a global shift toward a cleaner, more sustainable energy future. This requires innovations in carbon capture, hydrogen production, and catalyst efficiency – and breakthroughs in these areas depend on innovation and precision. From CO₂ capture to hydrogen production, success means knowing exactly what’s happening in your gases, and in the materials that interact with them.

This is where Servomex’s gas analysis portfolio and the powerful combination of materials characterization instruments from Malvern Panalytical and Micromeritics work hand-in-hand – delivering the essential toolkit for accelerating clean-tech development.

How gas analysis and material characterization work together

Gas analysis is fundamental to clean-tech innovation, producing the critical data that underpins process efficiency, safety, and compliance. Servomex gas analyzer systems provide real-time insights into gas composition and purity, measuring critical parameters such as CO₂, oxygen, methane, hydrogen, and trace hydrocarbons even at very low concentrations. This is crucial for optimizing clean tech, as it reveals what is happening inside your system – how much CO₂ is being captured or released by your CO₂ capture media, whether hydrogen is pure enough for downstream use, or how gases adsorb, react, or desorb on catalyst surfaces.

However, characterizing and qualifying materials to better understand the performance and stability of your clean-tech systems requires deeper analysis.

This is where Malvern Panalytical’s solutions come in. By combining X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), and advanced chemisorption techniques, researchers can evaluate active- and total surface area, porosity, particle size, or crystal structure. Using these material characterization methods provides the essential data needed for the development, optimization, and quality control of more efficient and effective clean-tech solutions.

While gas analysis validates performance, confirming that your process is working, safely and efficiently, materials characterization drives innovation. It explains why your system performs as it does, and where you can make improvements.

Together, gas and material analysis provide a full picture of process efficiency and long-term viability – critical for scaling new clean-tech solutions.

Your toolkit for clean energy research

The synergy between Servomex and Malvern Panalytical solutions is clear when you look at how our instruments align in practice:

For organizations working in clean-tech, there’s no time to delay. Regulatory targets, competitive pressures, and the urgency of climate change demand faster development cycles and more reliable scale-up.

Used together, Servomex analyzers provide continuous monitoring to optimize process performance, while Malvern Panalytical instruments deliver structural and functional insights to refine material design. These complementary tools enable faster iteration, stronger validation, and more confident decision-making, from lab-scale discovery to industrial deployment. By bringing together Servomex’s world-class gas analysis systems and Malvern Panalytical’s unrivalled materials characterization portfolio, scientists and engineers can accelerate the transition to a low-carbon future.

Want to learn more about how Servomex and Malvern Panalytical can support your clean-tech projects? Speak to our specialists today.