Published December 21, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Electrochemical impedance and cyclic voltammetry characterization of a metal hydride electrode in alkaline electrolytes

  • 1. Department of Material and Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou 450002 (China)

Description

The electrochemical characterization of a MmNi3.55Co0.75Al0.2Mn0.5 metal hydride electrode in two alkaline electrolytes (NaOH or KOH) is reported. The results from both electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and cyclic voltammetry (CV) show that absorption/desorption of H atoms at the metal-electrolyte interface is markedly suppressed by using a NaOH electrolyte instead of a KOH electrolyte. This results in a significant reduction of the self-decomposition rate of the negative active material and thus leads to an improvement in the self-discharge performance of nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH) batteries

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jallcom.2006.01.079;
PII
S0925-8388(06)00157-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Journal Volume
426
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 93-96
ISSN
0925-8388
CODEN
JALCEU

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