Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2025, Vol. 57 ›› Issue (7): 73-79.doi: 10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2024-0371

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Study on phase structure and properties of hydrogen storage alloy for automotive battery anode

CHEN Chengchun1(), LI Yunqin2, ZHAO Meiqin3   

  1. 1. Fujian Chuanzheng Communications College,Fuzhou 350007,China
    2. Fuzhou University,Fuzhou 350108,China
    3. Xiamen University,Xiamen 361005,China
  • Received:2024-07-01 Online:2025-07-10 Published:2025-07-22

Abstract:

In order to improve the electrochemical performance of RENi3.2Mn0.2Al0.15 hydrogen storage alloy(RE is a composite rare earth Y1-x La x ) for automotive battery anodes,RENi3.2Mn0.2Al0.15 hydrogen storage alloy was prepared by vacuum arc melting method,the effects of rare earth Y1-x La x composite addition and x value on the phase structure,morphology and electrochemical performance of the hydrogen storage alloy were investigated.The results indicated that when x=0 and 0.15,the hydrogen storage alloy was mainly composed of LaNi5 and Ce2Ni7 phases.When x=0.25,0.33,and 0.50,the hydrogen storage alloy was mainly composed of Ce5Co19 type and Ce2Ni7 type phases.When x=0.75 and 1.00,hydrogen storage alloys were mainly composed of PuNi3 type,LaNi5 type,and Ce2Ni7 type phases.Different types of phases exhibited different diffraction contrast under scanning electron microscopy,and the microscopic morphology observed by scanning electron microscopy was consistent with the X-ray diffraction pattern test results.When x=0~1.00,the activation frequency of hydrogen storage alloys was ranged from 2 to 4 times.As x was increased from 0 to 1.00,the abundance of Ce2Ni7 phase,discharge capacity,and capacity retention rate at 100 cycles(S100) in the hydrogen storage alloy showed trend of firstly increased and then decreased.At x=0.33,the maximum abundance of Ce2Ni7 phase(93.07%),maximum discharge capacity(372.6 mA·h/g),and maximum S100 value(89.01%) were obtained.The trend of discharge capacity change in the hydrogen storage alloy was consistent with that of Ce2Ni7 phase abundance.The corrosion current density i of hydrogen storage alloy electrodes was negatively correlated with S100,indicating that the corrosion resistance of hydrogen storage alloys was the main factor affecting cycling performance.The hydrogen diffusion coefficient D0 of hydrogen storage alloys was positively correlated with HRD900,indicating that the high rate discharge performance of hydrogen storage alloys was determined by the diffusion rate of hydrogen.

Key words: battery anode, RENi3.2Mn0.2Al0.15, hydrogen storage alloy, phase structure, electrochemical performance

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