Characteristics of Ni-Nb-based metallic amorphous alloys for hydrogen-related energy applications

Applied Energy

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 94-99

  Jayalakshmi, S ^a,b   Vasantha, V S ^a,c   Fleury, E ^a   Gupta, M ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Amorphous alloys; Bipolar plates; Embrittlement; Hydrogen absorption capacity; Hydrogen energy; Permeation

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ALLOYING; ALLOYING ELEMENTS; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CORROSION RESISTANCE; EMBRITTLEMENT; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; HYDROGEN STORAGE; HYDROGEN STORAGE ALLOYS; INVESTMENTS; MECHANICAL STABILITY; NIOBIUM; NIOBIUM ALLOYS; PALLADIUM; PASSIVATION; PERMEATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SOLUBILITY;

ABSORPTION CAPACITY; ALLOY COMPOSITIONS; BIPOLAR PLATES; CORROSION BEHAVIOR; EMBRITTLEMENT RESISTANCE; ENERGY APPLICATIONS; ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; EXCELLENT CORROSION RESISTANCES; GAS PERMEATION; HYDROGEN ABSORPTION CAPACITY; HYDROGEN ENERGY; HYDROGEN PERMEABILITY; HYDROGEN PERMEATION; HYDROGEN SOLUBILITY; HYDROGEN STORAGE PROPERTIES; HYDROGEN-TO-METAL RATIO; INHERENT STRUCTURES; MATERIALS SELECTION; METALLIC ALLOYS; PASSIVATION CURRENTS; PERMEATION MEMBRANES; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

AMORPHOUS ALLOYS;

ABSORPTION; ALLOY; AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; CORROSION; HYDROGEN; NICKEL; NIOBIUM; PERMEABILITY; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 80055053035     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.01.040     Document Type: Article

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