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中国有色金属学报(英文版)

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China

Vol. 23    No. 8    August 2013

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Preparation of LaMgNi4-xCox alloys and hydrogen storage properties
Jian-bo TAN1, Xiao-qin ZENG1,2, Jian-xin ZOU1, Xiao-mei WU1, Wen-jiang DING1

1. Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Magnesium Materials and Applications,
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;
2. State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

Abstract:The LaMgNi4-xCox (x=0, 0.3, 0.5) compounds were prepared by the method of levitation melting and a subsequent heat treatment at 1073 K for 10 h. XRD analysis shows that the obtained LaMgNi4-xCox alloys consist of a single phase with the structure of cubic SnMgCu4 (AuBe5 type). The hydrogen absorption/desorption properties of LaMgNi4 were investigated by PCI measurement at various temperatures (T=373, 398, 423 K) and the results show that the maximum absorbed hydrogen capacity reaches 1.45% (5.79H/M) under a hydrogen pressure of 4.3 MPa at 373 K. The XRD patterns during absorbing procedure at 373 K indicate the phase structure changing from cubic (α-LaMgNi4) to orthorhombic (β-LaMgNi4H3.41) and after hydrogenation finally back to cubic (γ-LaMgNi4H4.87), and a partial desorption was also observed under this condition. With increasing temperature, a slight decrease of the absorbed hydrogen content was observed and the number of plateaus reduces from two to one, but the hydrogen absorption kinetics improves. The electrochemical properties of the LaMgNi4-xCox were measured by simulated battery test, which shows that the discharge capacity of the alloys significantly improves with the increase of Co content.

 

Key words: hydrogen storage alloy; electrochemical properties; LaMgNi4-xCox

ISSN 1004-0609
CN 43-1238/TG
CODEN: ZYJXFK

ISSN 1003-6326
CN 43-1239/TG
CODEN: TNMCEW

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