Effect of Cu substitution for Ni on microstructural evolution and hydrogen storage properties of the Mg77Ni20xCuxLa3 (x = 0, 5, 10 at%) alloys》.pdfVIP

Journal of Alloys and Compounds 645 (2015) S423–S427 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Alloys and Compounds journal homepage: www.else /locate/jalcom Effect of Cu substitution for Ni on microstructural evolution and hydrogen storage properties of the Mg Ni Cu La 77 20x x 3 (x = 0, 5, 10 at%) alloys Yujie Lv, Bao Zhang, Ying Wu ⇑ China Iron Steel Research Institute Group, Advanced Technology Materials Co., Ltd, No. 76 Xueyuan Nanlu, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The effect of Cu-substitution on the microstructures and hydrogen storage thermodynamic properties of Available online 20 December 2014 Mg Ni Cu La (x = 0, 5, 10 at%) alloys prepared by vacuum induction melting has been studied. XRD 77 20x x 3 result shows that the samples consist of Mg, Mg Ni and LaMg phases. With Cu substituting for Ni, the 2 12 Keywords: structures of all phases do not change except for a slight increase in lattice parameters of Mg2Ni phase. Mg-based alloys The P–C-isotherms of the Mg-based alloys have two distinct hydrogen absorption/desorption plateaus, Cu substitution for Ni