scholarly journals Electrochemical Properties of La2Mg17/Ni Electrodes Prepared via TiF3-Catalysed Mechanical Milling

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
T. Li ◽  
Z. Liu ◽  
G. Zhang ◽  
F. Ruan ◽  
R. Guo ◽  
...  

In order to improve the hydrogen storage capacity of conventional La2Mg17electrode alloys, a nanocrystalline/amorphous-structured La2Mg17-Ni composite material was produced by high energy ball milling in the presence of TiF3. Subsequent analysis of the discharge/charge cycle performances of this electrode material revealed that its cycle stability and electrochemical capacity were greatly improved, with the latter reaching a maximum value of 787.07 mAh/g with optimisation of the TiF3addition. Moreover, a remarkable enhancement in the reversibility of electrochemical reactions on the material’s surface was also observed. Hydrogen diffusion coefficients for the material were calculated by means of a potential step method, confirming that TiF3markedly improves the long-range diffusion of hydrogen within the material.

Nanoscale ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (47) ◽  
pp. 20180-20187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Qin ◽  
Lu Han ◽  
Hai Bi ◽  
Jiahuang Jian ◽  
Xiaohong Wu ◽  
...  

With the high energy ball milling method, a Co9S8-decorated reduced graphene oxide (RGO) composite, which shows excellent hydrogen storage capacity, has been successfully fabricated with a well-organized layered structure.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 4353-4361
Author(s):  
Myoung Youp Song ◽  
Seong Ho Lee ◽  
Young Jun Kwak ◽  
Eunho Choi

TiCl3 was chosen as an additive to increase hydriding and dehydriding rates of Mg. In our previous works, we found that the optimum percentage of additives that improved the hydriding and dehydriding features of Mg was approximately ten. Specimens consisting of 90 wt% Mg and 10 wt% TiCl3 (named Mg–10TiCl3) were prepared by high-energy ball milling in hydrogen. The specimens’ hydriding and dehydriding properties were then studied. Mg–10TiCl3 had an effective hydrogenstorage capacity (the quantity of hydrogen absorbed in 60 min) of approximately 7.2 wt% at 593 K under 12 bar H2 at the second cycle. After high-energy ball milling in hydrogen, Mg–10TiCl3 contained Mg, β-MgH2, and small amounts of γ-MgH2 and TiH1.924. TiH1.924 remained undercomposed even after dehydriding at 623 K in a vacuum for 2 h. The hydriding and dehydriding properties of Mg–10TiCl3 were compared with those of other specimens such as Mg–10Fe2O3, Mg–10NbF5, and Mg–5Fe2O3–5Ni, for which the hydrogen-storage properties were previously reported.


2005 ◽  
Vol 386 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 211-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hayao Imamura ◽  
Kazuo Masanari ◽  
Mitsuya Kusuhara ◽  
Hikaru Katsumoto ◽  
Takeshi Sumi ◽  
...  

1995 ◽  
Vol 393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margot L. Wasz ◽  
Ricardo B. Schwarz ◽  
Supramaniam Srinivasan ◽  
M. P. Sridhar Kumar

ABSTRACTOur research examines the efficacy of tin additions to LaNi5 in improving the hydrogen storage capacity of the material during charging/discharging. Alloys were prepared using high energy ball milling (mechanical alloying), a technique superior to arc casting for alloying elements with a wide disparity in melting points. Characterization by x-ray diffraction and Rietveld analysis shows that tin preferentially occupies the Ni(3g) sites in the LaNi5 structure, and the unit cell volume increases linearly with tin content to the maximum tin solubility of 7.33 atomic percent (LaNi4.56Sn0.44). We found that powders prepared by mechanical alloying and not exposed to air require no activation to induce hydrogen absorption. The hydrogen storage capacity in the gas and electrochemical phase was measured as a function of tin content. We found that with increasing tin, the plateau pressure decreases logarithmically, whereas the hydrogen storage capacity decreases linearly.


2013 ◽  
Vol 750-752 ◽  
pp. 667-670
Author(s):  
C.J. Li ◽  
L. Teng ◽  
J. Tan ◽  
Q. Yuan ◽  
J.J. Tang ◽  
...  

Cu90Zr10 alloy powder was prepared by high-energy ball milling. The microstructure and property evolution of this alloy powder during mechanical alloying (MA) were investigated by using X-ray diffraction and optical microscopy (OM). The alloy powder with an average grain size of 10 - 40 nm was obtained, and the grain size was found to decrease gradually with increasing milling time. The microhardness reached a maximum value (about 295 Hv) after 30 h milling. The internal microstrain and the microhardness of the samples increased due to the grain refinement and solid solution during milling, and 10at.% Zr could be brought into Cu lattice by solid solution during MA. At last, the mechanisms of strengthening were discussed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 181861 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen The Luong ◽  
Hideyuki Okumura ◽  
Eiji Yamasue ◽  
Keiichi N. Ishihara

The aim of this study is to prepare CuO–CeO 2 composite by means of mechanical milling and to investigate its characteristics as a catalyst. The structural and morphological features of milled samples are observed by X-ray diffractometry and scanning electron microscopy. The redox property and total OSC (oxygen storage capacity) of the milled sample were measured by using GC-TCD and TG-DTA, which are important parameters to indicate the effectiveness of catalysts. Interestingly, reduction of CuO is repeatedly observed when milling of CuO–CeO 2 powder mixture is processed in air. The redox property of milled CuO–CeO 2 sample is investigated by H 2 -TPR, where three reduction peaks are observed for 0 h milling and only one broad peak for various other milling times. The total OSC of mechanically driven CuO–CeO 2 catalyst is much higher than that of the CeO 2 –ZrO 2 traditional catalyst system at low temperatures.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Xiang Chen

When \Delta x \Delta p < \hbar / 2 happens at the same time when the entropy reaches its maximum value, the boson will condense, and if there is a potential well but it does not explode, then the boson will gain high energy (more than normal).This article is to illustrate the possibility of a kind of Bose particle to obtain high energy.


Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 2332
Author(s):  
Ahmad Mamoun Khamis ◽  
Zulkifly Abbas ◽  
Raba’ah Syahidah Azis ◽  
Ebenezer Ekow Mensah ◽  
Ibrahim Abubakar Alhaji

The purpose of this study was to improve the dielectric, magnetic, and thermal properties of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) composites using recycled Fe2O3 (rFe2O3) nanofiller. Hematite (Fe2O3) was recycled from mill scale waste and the particle size was reduced to 11.3 nm after 6 h of high-energy ball milling. Different compositions (5–25 wt %) of rFe2O3 nanoparticles were incorporated as a filler in the PTFE matrix through a hydraulic pressing and sintering method in order to fabricate rFe2O3–PTFE nanocomposites. The microstructure properties of rFe2O3 nanoparticles and the nanocomposites were characterized through X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). The thermal expansion coefficients (CTEs) of the PTFE matrix and nanocomposites were determined using a dilatometer apparatus. The complex permittivity and permeability were measured using rectangular waveguide connected to vector network analyzer (VNA) in the frequency range 8.2–12.4 GHz. The CTE of PTFE matrix decreased from 65.28×10−6/°C to 39.84×10−6/°C when the filler loading increased to 25 wt %. The real (ε′) and imaginary (ε″) parts of permittivity increased with the rFe2O3 loading and reached maximum values of 3.1 and 0.23 at 8 GHz when the filler loading was increased from 5 to 25 wt %. A maximum complex permeability of 1.1−j0.07 was also achieved by 25 wt % nanocomposite at 10 GHz.


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