Studies of off-stoichiometric AB2 metal hydride alloy: Part 2. Hydrogen storage and electrochemical properties |
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Authors: | K Young J NeiB Huang MA Fetcenko |
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Affiliation: | a Energy Conversion Devices Inc., Ovonic Battery Company, 2983 Waterview Drive, Rochester Hills, MI 48309, USA b Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA |
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Abstract: | In Part 2 of this two-part series of papers, gaseous hydrogen storage and electrochemical properties of three series of alloys with different combinations of Cr/Mn/Co ratios are studied and compared to the structural properties reported in Part 1. As the B/A stoichiometry in each series of alloys increases from 1.8 to 2.2, systematic trends in certain storage properties are found: the hydrogen dissociation pressure and heat of hydride formation increases; the alloy with a AB2.0 stoichiometry has the highest electrochemical full capacity; and slightly higher and lower B-contents increase the electrochemical high-rate-dischargeability and gaseous phase maximum storage capacity, respectively. Stoichiometric or slightly hyper-stoichiometric AB2 alloys have lower PCT hysteresis which are expected to reduce pulverization during cycling. The full and high-rate discharge electrochemical capacities correlate well with the maximum and reversible gaseous hydrogen storages, respectively. Slight hyper-stoichiometry increases the high-rate dischargeability. Open circuit voltage, an important parameter in high-power application, is also found to be more relevant to the surface reaction than to the bulk hydride stability. |
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Keywords: | Hydrogen absorbing materials Transition metal alloys Metal hydride electrode Electrochemical reactions |
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