Hydrogenation and crystallization of amorphous phase: A new mechanism for the electrochemical capacity and its decay in milled Mg-Ni alloys

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Hydrogenation and crystallization of amorphous phase: A new mechanism for the electrochemical capacity and its decay in milled Mg-Ni alloys

作者:Huang, JL (Huang, Jianling)[1 ]; Ouyang, LZ (Ouyang, Liuzhang)[1 ]; Wang, H (Wang, Hui)[1 ]; Liu, JW (Liu, Jiangwen)[1 ]; Zhu, M (Zhu, Min)[1 ]; Fang, F (Fang, Fang)[2 ]; Sun, DL (Sun, Dalin)[2 ]

ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

卷:305

页:145-154

DOI:10.1016/j.electacta.2019.02.122

出版年:MAY 10 2019

文献类型:Article

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摘要

MgNi-based alloys have been regarded as very promising anode material for nickel-metal hydride battery owing to their electrochemcial capacity much higher than that of AB(5) alloys. However, Mg-Ni alloy anodes generally suffer very serious capacity decay in cycling, which is previously ascribed to the corrosion of Mg in alkali electrolyte in the past decades. To further reveal the capacity fading mechanism of MgNi-based alloys, the electrochemcial hydrogen storage properties of Mg2Ni and amorphous Mg50Ni50 alloys and their microstructural evolution during cycling were comparatively studied. It has been firstly demonstrated that it is the amorphous MgNi phase instead of Mg2Ni phase contributes to electrochemical discharge capacity, because the Mg2NiH4 hardly released hydrogen under electrochemcial conditions. Then, it has been found that the charge input level has significant effect on the cyclic performance of amorphous Mg50Ni50 alloy anode. At full charge of 500 mAh g(-1), the amorphous MgNi phase easily crystallized to the nanocrystalline Mg2NiH4, which leaded to the capacity decay immediately. Comparatively, with the low charge input of 100 mAh g(-1), the discharge capacity of amorphous Mg50Ni50 alloy remained almost unchanged for 425 cycles. The excellent cyclability is attributed to the less hydrogenation-induced crystallization at low charge input. This work clearly demonstrates that the hydrogenation-induced crystallization is a dominating reason for the electrochemical capacity decay in the milled amorphous Mg-Ni anode. It provides a new approach to improve the electrochemcial properties of Mg-Ni alloy electrode by inhibiting the hydrogenation-induced crystallization. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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通讯作者地址:Zhu, M (通讯作者)

显示更多South China Univ Technol, Sch Mat Sci & Engn, Key Lab Adv Energy Storage Mat Guangdong Prov, Guangzhou 510641, Guangdong, Peoples R China.


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显示更多[ 1 ] South China Univ Technol, Sch Mat Sci & Engn, Key Lab Adv Energy Storage Mat Guangdong Prov, Guangzhou 510641, Guangdong, Peoples R China
显示更多[ 2 ] Fudan Univ, Dept Mat Sci, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China


电子邮件地址:memzhu@scut.edu.cn

基金资助致谢
基金资助机构授权号
Fund for Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 
51621001 
National Natural Science Foundation of China Projects (NSFC) 
51471070 
51431001 
51727801 
51571091 
Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province of China 
2014A030311004 
Guangdong Province Universities and Colleges Pearl River Scholar Funded Scheme (2014)  
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