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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
Volume 749, Issue -, Pages 534-542Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.03.230
Keywords
A. Intermetallics; Metal hydrides; Nanostructural materials; B. Mechanical alloying; C. Electrochemical reactions; Corrosion
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Funding
- National Science Centre, Poland [014/15/B/ST8/00088]
- Statutory Research of WIPiTM (CUT) [BS/PB-207- 301/09]
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Nanocrystalline La1.5Mg0.5Ni7 alloy has been synthesized by mechanical alloying and heat treatment (850 degrees C) and a 20-50 mu m fraction of its particles has been encapsulated with three kinds of Ni-based coatings: (i) electroless Nie-P,1 mu m thick, (ii) magnetron sputtered Ni, 0.087 mu m thick and (iii) magnetron sputtered Ni, 0.29 mu m thick. The electrochemical charge/discharge multicycling of powder composite electrodes has been carried out in view of material potential usefulness for Ni/MHx batteries. The nanocrystalline La1.5Mg0.5Ni7 alloy exhibits four times lower capacity fade as compared to a microcrystalline LaNi5 reference compound. Modification of La1.5Mg0.5Ni7 particle surface with comparatively thick layer of electroless Ni-P coating deteriorates electrode corrosion behavior and worsens kinetics of hydrogen electrosorption due to unsatisfactory adhesion of the coating to the Mg-containing substrate. Corrosion protection of the La1.5Mg0.5Ni7 nanomaterial by magnetron sputtered Ni films depends on average film thickness. Relatively thick (0.29 mm) sputtered Ni film limits corrosion degradation and stabilizes exchange current density of H2O/H-2 system. Particle modification by Ni encapsulation does not affect the hydrogen diffusivity. Effective diffusion coefficient of hydrogen for La1.5Mg0.5Ni7 nanocrystalline material, irrespectively of surface modification, is close to 2.10(10)cm(2)s(-1). (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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