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Influences of substituting Ni with M (M=Cu, Co, Mn) on gaseous and electrochemical hydrogen storage kinetics of Mg20Ni10 alloys

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In this work, a comprehensive comparison regarding the impacts of M (M=Cu, Co, Mn) substitution for Ni on the structures and the hydrogen storage kinetics of the nanocrystalline and amorphous Mg20Ni10−x M x (M=Cu, Co, Mn; x=0–4) alloys prepared by melt spinning has been carried out. The analysis of XRD and TEM reveals that the as-spun (M=None, Cu) alloys display an entire nanocrystalline structure, whereas the as-spun (M=Co, Mn) alloys hold a mixed structure of nanocrystalline and amorphous structure when M content x=4, indicating that the substitution of M (M=Co, Mn) for Ni facilitates the glass formation in the Mg2Ni-type alloy. Besides, all the as-spun alloys have a major phase of Mg2Ni but M (M=Co, Mn) substitution brings on the formation of some secondary phases, MgCo2 and Mg phases for M=Co as well as MnNi and Mg phases for M=Mn. Based upon the measurements of the automatic Sieverts apparatus and the automatic galvanostatic system, the impacts engendered by M (M=Cu, Co, Mn) substitution on the gaseous and electrochemical hydrogen storage kinetics of the alloys appear to be evident. The gaseous hydriding kinetics of the alloys first rises and then declines with the growing of M (M=Cu, Co, Mn) content. Particularly, the M (M= Mn) substitution results in a sharp drop in the hydriding kinetics when x=4. The M (M=Cu, Co, Mn) substitution ameliorates the dehydriding kinetics dramatically in the order (M=Co)>(M=Mn)>(M=Cu). The electrochemical kinetics of the alloys visibly grows with M content rising for (M=Cu, Co), while it first increases and then declines for (M=Mn).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Integrated Exploitation of Baiyun Obo Multi-Metal Resources, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, 014010, China

    Yang-huan Zhang  (张羊换), Tai Yang  (杨泰), Hong-wei Shang  (尚宏伟) & Guo-fang Zhang  (张国芳)

  2. Department of Functional Material Research, Central Iron and Steel Research Institute, Beijing, 100081, China

    Yang-huan Zhang  (张羊换), Tai Yang  (杨泰), Ting-ting Zhai  (翟亭亭), Hong-wei Shang  (尚宏伟), Guo-fang Zhang  (张国芳) & Dong-liang Zhao  (赵栋梁)

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Zhang, Yh., Yang, T., Zhai, Tt. et al. Influences of substituting Ni with M (M=Cu, Co, Mn) on gaseous and electrochemical hydrogen storage kinetics of Mg20Ni10 alloys. J. Cent. South Univ. 21, 1705–1713 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-014-2113-2

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