Steep capacity loss of discharged state metal-hydride electrode and its mechanism

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• 作者：Dongliang Chao ; Ding Zhu ; Yungui Chen ; ^{ygchen60@yahoo.com.cn} ; Chaoling Wu ; Chenglin Zhong ; Changrong Zhu ; Yiwen Chen
• 关键词：Metal-hydride electrode ; Standing ; Discharged state ; Capacity loss ; Corrosion
• 刊名：Electrochimica Acta
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：1 April, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：66
• 期：Complete
• 页码：22-27
• 全文大小：1154 K

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Considerable irreversible capacity loss of LaNi_3.6Co_0.7Mn_0.4Al_0.3 electrode was observed after standing at 100 % or 95 % depth of discharge (DOD) in open circuit for 2 or 5 days, respectively. The mechanism was systematically studied. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) showed considerably increased charge transfer resistance (R_ct) for the electrodes after standing. X-ray diffraction (XRD), open-circuit potential (OCP), scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy disperse X-ray analyzer (EDS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analyses were conducted to investigate the details during standing. The results demonstrated that there were two successive oxidations occurred, which acted as the conjugated reactions for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), on the alloy surface during the standing process. The first oxidation was attributed to the electrochemical desorption of hydrogen, which was essentially the self-discharge process of electrode and irrelevant to the irreversible capacity decay. The second one corresponded to the oxidation of elemental Ni with flocculent deposits on the alloy surface, which primarily determined the rapid capacity and kinetics deterioration of the alloy electrode.