NOVA
Trusted Software platform for decades– compatible with Potentiostat / Galvanostat AUT302N , AUT204, Autolab IMP, AUT101, M204, M101
NOVA is a trusted potentiostat software platform that has supported researchers around the world for over 20 years. This proven solution delivers powerful tools for potentiostat/galvanostat control, electrochemical data acquisition, and advanced data analysis, all within an intuitive user interface. With NOVA, users can easily set up experimental procedures, collect data with high accuracy, visualize data in real time and perform in-depth data analysis in just a few clicks.
Supporting a comprehensive suite of electrochemical techniques, NOVA is ideal for a wide range of applications, including battery and energy research, electrocatalysis, electrolysis and fuel cell development, corrosion studies, and sensor development—serving needs from fundamental to applied research.
Versatility
Use all electrochemical techniques, integrated analog and digital control of external devices or with Software Development Kit (SDK)
Intuitiveness
Build dynamic procedures using drag-and-drop commands and access a library of ready-to-use, editable protocols
Multi-instrument Control
Schedule and control a series of experiments on multiple channels or instruments

Compatible Instruments

Autolab Modular line: AUT302N
- Single channel modular potentiostat/galvanostat
- Maximum EIS frequency: 1 MHz or 10 MHz with optional ECI10M
- Maximum AC amplitude (p-p): ): ± 1 A / ± 1 V (± 20 A with Booster / ± 10 V external EIS)
- External EIS functionality
- Maximum current: ± 2 A or ± 20 A with optional Booster20A
- Compliance voltage: ± 30 V
- Upgradeable with up to 11 optional modules

Autolab compact line: AUT204, Autolab IMP, AUT101
- Single channel potentiostat/ galvanostat
- Space saving compact solution
- Compliance voltage: ± 20 V (AUT204) and ± 10 V (Autolab IMP, AUT101)
- Maximum current: ± 400 mA, ± 10 A with optional Booster10A (AUT204) and ± 100 mA (Autolab IMP, AUT101)
- EIS: 1 MHz, standard for Autolab IMP, optional for AUT204
- Analog and Digital I/O for external control

Autolab Multichannel line: M101/M204
- Multichannel potentiostat/galvanostats
- Maximum EIS frequency: 1 MHz
- Maximum AC amplitude (M204, p-p): ± 0.2 A / ± 1 V (± 10 A with Booster / ± 10 V external EIS)
- External EIS functionality
- Up to 6 channels with EIS in one cabinet
- Maximum current: ± 400 mA (M204) and ± 100 mA (M101)
- Maximum current up to ± 10 A with Booster10A (M204)
Key Features
Key Features
Boost your laboratory's efficiency and productivity with NOVA software — an advanced platform for measurement control and data analysis. Streamline your electrochemical workflows with intuitive, flexible, and powerful features.
Time-saving efficiency and workflow optimization
- Ready-to-Use procedures library: Access over 60 customizable electrochemical procedures, including an EC Fundamentals Library featuring 11 essential protocols, significantly accelerating your experiment setup.
- Drag-and-Drop procedure editor: Design complex electrochemical experiments with ease using a command-based drag-and-drop interface. No scripting is required, and you benefit from real-time progress and state display during your runs for instant feedback.
- Simplify complex procedures: Utilize advanced repeat loops and grouping of commands to create sophisticated, multi-step experiments effortlessly, saving significant setup time.
- Integrated external device control: Effortlessly integrate Metrohm liquid handling devices, Autolab SpectroEC, temperature-controlled microcells, RS232, and .NET compatible devices.
- Scheduler functionality: Optimize lab time by using the Scheduler to schedule and execute a series of experiments on multiple Autolab instruments concurrently or sequentially.
Real-Time observation and comprehensive data analysis
- Automated data handling: Integrate comprehensive data processing and analysis directly into your measurement sequences for streamlined execution.
- Insight Plot: Clearly visualize your electrochemical data with multi-plot overviews that allow easy comparison across experiments. Tailored color schemes for each experimental run further enhance clarity and insight.
Integration and control of external devices
- Easily control third-party external accessories such as electronic loads and power supplies.
- Easy hyphenation with external devices: Gain new insights by combining electrochemical techniques with other analytical methods using available triggering features, such as
- UV-VIS spectroscopy
- Raman spectroscopy
- X-ray Diffraction (XRD)
- Fourier-transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy
- Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (SECM)
- Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance (EQCM)
- Differential Electrochemical Mass Spectrometry (DEMS), and more
- NOVA SDK (Software Development Kit): Allow the control of Autolab instruments from popular external applications such as LabVIEW, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), Python scripting, and other custom environments.
Safety Features for data, cell, and lab protection
- Automatic data saving and export: Ensure data integrity with automatic data saving and easy export options (ASCII or Excel formats).
- User-defined rules and cutoffs: Protect your electrochemical cell and samples with user-defined safety rules and cutoffs, preventing damage and ensuring reliable experiments.
- Procedure validation: Instantly verify experimental procedures to confirm everything will run as intended before it is started.
Comprehensive Electrochemical Techniques and data analysis with NOVA software (including but not limited to the following)
General Electrochemistry
- Cyclic Voltammetry (CV)
- Linear Sweep Voltammetry (LSV)
- Chronopotentiometry (CP)
- Chronoamperometry (CA)
- Chronocoulometry (CC)
- Pulse Voltammetry (DPV, SWV, DC Polarography, AC Voltammetry)
- Open Circuit Potential (OCP) Monitoring
Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS)
- Potentiostatic EIS
- Galvanostatic EIS
- Integrated EIS data Fitting for equivalent circuit modelling
- Mott-Schottky Analysis
- External EIS
Corrosion Studies
- Linear Polarization Resistance (LPR) measurements
- Butler-Volmer Fitting and Tafel Analysis for corrosion kinetics
- Polarization Resistance (Rp) measurements
Electrocatalysis Research
- Hydrodynamic Voltammetry (e.g., Rotating Disk Electrode - RDE, Rotating Ring-Disk Electrode - RRDE), with remote control capabilities for rotators, ideal for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) studies.
- True analog (linear) scan, ideal for studying interfacial processes
Video
NOVA introduction video
Updates
Updates
NOVA 2.1.8 – Replace it by: Release date Dec 2024
Download NOVA: https://www.metrohm.com/content/dam/metrohm/en/service/software-center/nova/nova-setup-2-1-8.zip
Download .NET Framework: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/microsoft-net-framework-4-8-offline-installer-for-windows-9d23f658-3b97-68ab-d013-aa3c3e7495e0
Tutorial
Tutorial
Check out the Metrohm Autolab YouTube channel for general and feature-specific tutorials
Metrohm Autolab Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MetrohmAutolab/playlists
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