Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2022, Vol. 54 ›› Issue (3): 71-76.doi: 10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2020-0534

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Study on preparation and electrochemical properties of La0.79Mg0.21Ni3.95 hydrogen storage alloy for vehicles

FAN Qingke1(),MENG Qinghua2   

  1. 1. Department of Automotive Technology,Zhejiang Agricultural Business College,Shaoxing 312088,China
    2. School of Mechanical Engineering,Hangzhou Dianzi University
  • Received:2020-11-10 Online:2022-03-10 Published:2022-03-18

Abstract:

In order to develop cathode materials for Ni-MH batteries with high energy density,La0.79Mg0.21Ni3.95 hydrogen storage alloy was prepared by vacuum induction melting,and the phase composition,microstructure and electrochemical properties of as cast and annealed hydrogen storage alloys were compared and analyzed.The results showed that there were only LaNi5 and(La,Mg)2Ni7 phases in as cast and 800 ℃/24 h annealed La0.79Mg0.21Ni3.95 hydrogen storage alloys.When the tem-perature was raised to 900 ℃ or above,different contents of(La,Mg)5Ni19 phase and(La,Mg)6Ni24 phase were formed in the hydrogen storage alloy.The reversible hydrogen absorption and desorption performance of 900 ℃/24 h annealed hydrogen storage alloy was higher than that of 950 ℃/48 h annealed hydrogen storage alloy.The maximum discharge capacity of as cast and annealed hydrogen storage alloys reached the maximum in the first three cycles,and the hydrogen storage alloy annealed at 950 ℃/48 h mainly consisted of(La,Mg)6Ni24 phase,which had high cycle stability.As cast and annealed La0.79Mg0.21Ni3.95 hy-drogen storage alloys had good electrochemical activation properties.The order of HRD1500 from high to low was: 950 ℃/48 h>950 ℃/24 h>900 ℃/24 h>800 ℃/24 h>as cast,the results showed that the HRD1500 of hydrogen storage alloy had the same trend with that of hydrogen diffusion rate(D) and exchange current density(I0).The maximum HRD1500 of hydrogen storage alloy annealed at 950 ℃/48 h was mainly due to the fact that the alloy electrode contained 61.8% of(La,Mg)6Ni24 phase and had higher D and I0.

Key words: La0.79Mg0.21Ni3.95 hydrogen storage alloy, annealing temperature, annealing time, microstructure, electrochemical property

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