Effect of annealing temperature on microstructures and electrochemical performances of La0.75Mg0.25Ni3.05Co0.2Al0.1Mo0.15hydrogen storage alloy

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 41, Issue 27, 2016, Pages 11767-11775

  Li, Wei ^a   Zhang, Bao ^a   Yuan, Jianguang ^a   Wu, Ying ^a  

^a CENTRAL IRON AND STEEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Annealing treatment; Electrochemical performance; La Mg Ni alloy; Phase structure

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANNEALING; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRODES; HEAT TREATMENT; HYDROGEN STORAGE; HYDROGEN STORAGE ALLOYS; LANTHANUM; LANTHANUM ALLOYS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; PHASE STRUCTURE; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

AFTER-HEAT TREATMENT; ANNEALING TREATMENTS; DISCHARGE CAPACITIES; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL EXPERIMENTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; LA-MG-NI ALLOY; VACUUM INDUCTION MELTING; NI ALLOYS;

MOLYBDENUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84979534535     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.02.133     Document Type: Article

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