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Yingying Shen1, Fengji Zhang1, Hengyu Ma1
1School of Materials Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, China.
Abstract:
To address the high cost of cobalt in rare-earth hydrogen storage alloys, this study developed cost-effective low-cobalt and cobalt-free AB5-type alloys. The results demonstrate that all synthesized alloys displayed a single-phase LaNi5 structure possessing a homogeneous elemental distribution. Low-cobalt (La, Ce) (Ni, Co, Mn, Al)5 alloy 4SC and cobalt-free (La, Ce) (Ni, Mn, Al)5 alloy 7D exhibited similarly excellent electrochemical performance, including high discharge capacity, long cycle life, and superior high-rate discharge (HRD) capability. In addition, the kinetic test results show that the exchange current densities of these two alloys were quite similar, measuring 302.97 mA g-1 and 317.70 mA g-1, respectively. However, the hydrogen diffusion coefficient of 7D was significantly higher than that of 4SC, reaching 9.45 × 10-10 cm2 s-1, while that of 4SC was only 5.88 × 10-10 cm2/s. This work establishes a theoretical foundation for industrial-scale and cost-effective AB5-type hydrogen storage alloys, offering significant commercial potential.
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