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Mechanism of the enhancement of discharge rate property for Nd 0.8Mg0.2(Ni0.8Co0.2)3.8 hydrogen storage alloy by magnetic annealing

  • Chongchao Pan
  • , Shonglin Yang
  • , Ronghai Yu*
  • , Ji Shi
  • , Y. Nakamura
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Tsinghua University
  • China National Institute of Standardization
  • Institute of Science Tokyo

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Abstract

For further improving the rate properties of Nd0.8Mg 0.2(Ni0.8Co0.2)3.8 hydrogen storage alloy, the alloy was annealed in high magnetic fields (10 T). The results showed that the electrochemical properties and magnetic properties of Nd 0.8Mg0.2(Ni0.8Co0.2)3.8 hydrogen storage alloy were considerably enhanced. And there was no change of the phase composition. The lattice constants of c and c/a ratio increased for the sample magnetically annealed, yielding uniaxial magnetic anisotropy along the c axis. The increase of c and c/a ratio enlarged interstitial volume, leading to a larger diffusion channel for hydrogen atoms, and resulted in high hydrogen storage capacity and rate properties.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)286-289
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Rare Earths
Volume28
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Discharge rate property
  • Hydrogen storage
  • Interstitial orientation
  • Magnetic annealing
  • Rare earths

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