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JOURNAL OF CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Volume 18, Issue 6, Pages 1825-1832Publisher
JOURNAL OF CENTRAL SOUTH UNIV TECHNOLOGY
DOI: 10.1007/s11771-011-0909-x
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Mg2Ni-type hydrogen storage alloy; melt-spinning; structure; electrochemical performance
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [50871050, 50961009]
- Natural Science Foundation of Inner Mongolia, China [2010ZD05]
- Higher Education Science Research Project of Inner Mongolia, China [NJzy08071]
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In order to improve the electrochemical hydrogen storage performance of the Mg2Ni-type electrode alloys, Mg in the alloy was partially substituted by La, and the nanocrystalline and amorphous Mg2Ni-type Mg20-x La (x) Ni-10 (x=0, 2) alloys were synthesized by melt-spinning technique. The microstructures of the as-spun alloys were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The electrochemical hydrogen storage properties of the experimental alloys were tested. The results show that no amorphous phase is detected in the as-spun Mg20Ni10 alloy, but the as-spun Mg18La2Ni10 alloy holds a major amorphous phase. As La content increases from 0 to 2, the maximum discharge capacity of the as-spun (20 m/s) alloys rises from 96.5 to 387.1 mA center dot h/g, and the capacity retaining rate (S (20)) at the 20th cycle grows from 31.3% to 71.7%. Melt-spinning engenders an impactful effect on the electrochemical hydrogen storage performances of the alloys. With the increase in the spinning rate from 0 to 30 m/s, the maximum discharge capacity increases from 30.3 to 135.5 mA center dot h/g for the Mg20Ni10 alloy, and from 197.2 to 406.5 mA center dot h/g for the Mg18La2Ni10 alloy. The capacity retaining rate (S (20)) of the Mg20Ni10 alloy at the 20th cycle slightly falls from 36.7% to 27.1%, but it markedly mounts up from 37.3% to 78.3% for the Mg18La2Ni10 alloy.
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