Journal
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
Volume 506, Issue 2, Pages 831-840Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2010.07.086
Keywords
Hydrogen absorbing materials; Transition metal alloys; Metal hydride electrode; Electrochemical reactions
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In order to clarify the relationship between the saturation magnetization of the activated metal hydride material and electrode performance, the specific power measured at both low temperature (-30 degrees C) and operating temperature (35 degrees C) of a nickel metal hydride battery were compared with magnetization measurements. It is found specific powers measured at both temperatures correlate well with the saturated magnetic susceptibility, which is proportional to the total amount of metallic nickel clusters distributed within the surface oxide layer after activation. Both the gas phase storage and electrochemical properties of the activated AB(2), AB(5), and A(2)B(7) alloys were investigated. While the AB(2) alloy has the highest storage capacity, it also has the lowest high-rate dischargeability among the three alloys. This suggests a competition between storage capacity and rate capability in these materials. In an alkaline etching experiment, it is established the saturation magnetization increases with etching time in these AB(2), AB(5), and A(2)B(7) alloys. The saturation magnetization after a 4 h etches track the changes in the high-rate dischargeability. The increase is attributed to the growth in size of the metallic inclusions for the AB(2) and Nd-A(2)B(7) samples, and from an increase in the number of metallic inclusion in the case of AB(5) and La-A(2)B(7). Transmission electron microscope studies calibrate the size inferred from magnetic susceptibility studies and also the Ni-dominated FCC structure of the metallic clusters. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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