Single-particle investigation on the activation process of a hydrogen storage alloy

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1273-1279

  Gao, Feng ^a   Yang, Yifu ^a   Liu, Jun ^b   Shao, Huixia ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation; Hydrogen storage alloys; Ni MH battery; Single particle; Ultramicroelectrode

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION PROCESS; ELECTRODE MATERIAL; MORPHOLOGY CHANGES; NEW PARAMETERS; NI-MH BATTERIES; OUTPUT PERFORMANCE; OUTPUT RATE; QUICK TESTING; SINGLE PARTICLE; ULTRAMICROELECTRODES;

CERIUM ALLOYS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; HOUSING; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN STORAGE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL VAPOR LAMPS; MICROELECTRODES; NICKEL CADMIUM BATTERIES;

HYDROGEN STORAGE ALLOYS;

EID: 74849139454     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.11.084     Document Type: Article

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