中國(guó)有色金屬學(xué)報(bào)(英文版)
Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China
| Vol. 16 No. 3 June 2006 |
YING Tiao(應(yīng) 窕)1, GE Hong-wei(葛紅衛(wèi))1, LÜ Guang-lie(呂光烈)2
（1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China;
2. Central Laboratory, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310028, China）
Abstract:The effects of the alloy preparation methods, including the conventional casting, annealing and melt-spinning, on the crystallographic and electrochemical properties of the Co-free LaNi4.95Sn0.3 alloy samples were investigated. The results reveal that the as-cast alloy consists of a main phase of CaCu5-type structure and a little second phase (Sn) with noticeable composition segregation and rather poor cycling stability (S200=40.1%). While the annealed and melt-spun alloys are of single CaCu5-type structure phase with a more homogeneous composition and lower cell volume expansion rate (ΔV/V) on hydriding, and a dramatically improved cyclic stability (S200=73.6%−76.2%), although their activation rate, initial capacity and high-rate dischargeability are lowered somewhat. It is found that the decrease in both the electrocatalytic activity and the hydrogen diffusion rate of the annealed and melt-spun alloys is the main cause for their relatively lower high-rate dischargeability, and the improved cycling stability is due to their lower volume expansion on hydriding and more uniform composition.
Key words: hydrogen storage alloy; Co-free alloy; material processing; crystal structure; electrochemical property
