Electrochemical properties and hydrogen storage mechanism of perovskite-type oxide LaFeO3 as a negative electrode for Ni/MH batteries
✍ Scribed by Gang Deng; Yungui Chen; Mingda Tao; Chaoling Wu; Xiangqian Shen; Heng Yang; Ming Liu
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 658 KB
- Volume
- 55
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0013-4686
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✦ Synopsis
Perovskite-type oxide LaFeO 3 powder was prepared using a stearic acid combustion method. Its phase structure, electrochemical properties and hydrogen storage mechanism as negative electrodes for nickel/metal hydride (Ni/MH) batteries have been investigated systematically. The results of X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis show that both the calcined powder and the charged/discharged samples after 10 cycles have orthorhombic structures. The discharge capacity, whose maximum value appeared at the first cycle, is 530.3 mA h g -1 at 333 K and increases with an increase in temperature. The discharge capacity decreases distinctly during the first three cycles and then stays steady at about 80 mA h g -1 , 160 mA h g -1 and 350 mA h g -1 at 298 K, 313 K and 333 K, respectively. The hydrogen storage mechanism is studied by XRD, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and mass spectrometry (MS), coupled with pressure-composition-temperature (PCT) methods. Hydrogen atoms may be intercalating into the oxide lattice and forming a homogeneous solid solution during the charging process.