Stability of LaNi5-xSnx cycled in hydrogen

In this work we study the effect of cycling in hydrogen with a purity grade 4.5 of six alloys belonging to the LaNi<inf>5-x</inf>Sn<inf>x</inf> family for 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.5. Measurements consist in the alternate repetition of absorption reactions at a temperature of 316 K and an in...

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Autores: Borzone, Emiliano M., Blanco, M. Valeria, Baruj, Alberto, Meyer, Gabriel O.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/414361
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/414361
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84900426256
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:AB5
Degradation
Hydride
Purification
Structure
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Sumario:In this work we study the effect of cycling in hydrogen with a purity grade 4.5 of six alloys belonging to the LaNi<inf>5-x</inf>Sn<inf>x</inf> family for 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.5. Measurements consist in the alternate repetition of absorption reactions at a temperature of 316 K and an initial pressure of 800 kPa, each followed by a desorption reaction at the same temperature and a maximum backpressure of 2 kPa. All samples present good stability, preserving at least 98% of their initial capacity after 100 cycles. Samples with composition LaNi<inf>5</inf> and LaNi<inf>4.55</inf>Sn<inf>0.45</inf> were subjected to 1000 cycles, after which we observe a higher stability from the Sn-containing alloy (96% of the initial capacity preserved versus 92% for LaNi<inf>5</inf>). Absorption characteristic times do not suffer important changes in either case. Desorption is gradually retarded when Sn content is higher than 0.4 at. © 2014, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.