Resistivity Testing of Palladium Dilution Limits in CoPd Alloys for Hydrogen Storage

Palladium satisfies most of the requirements for an effective hydrogen storage material with two major drawbacks: it has a relatively low gravimetric hydrogen density and is prohibitively expensive for large scale applications. Pd-based alloys should be considered as possible alternatives to a pure Pd. The question is how much one can dilute the Pd concentration in a variety of candidate materials while preserving the hydrogen absorption capability. We demonstrate that the resistivity measurements of thin film alloy samples can be used for a qualitative high-throughput screening and study of the hydrogen absorbing properties over the entire range of palladium concentrations. Contrary to palladium-rich alloys where additional hydrogen scattering indicates a degree of hydrogen content, the diluted alloy films respond by a decrease in resistance due to their thickness expansion. Evidence of significant hydrogen absorption was found in thin CoPd films diluted to just 20% of Pd.

RESEARCH OF THE KINETICS OF THE FIRST HYDRATION OF MATERIAL TIFE + TI2FE, OBTAINED BY EXPLOSIVE LOADING OF MIXTURES OF TITANIUM AND IRON POWDERS

The kinetics of the processes of primary hydrogenation of material based on TiFe obtained by explosive pressing of titanium and iron powders with subsequent heat treatment has been investigated. Using the results obtained and mathematical processing of the curves using the Avraami-Erofeev equation, it was revealed that the mechanism of their saturation with hydrogen corresponds to the classical concepts of reaction diffusion. The process begins with the formation of a layer of solid solutions of hydrogen on the surface of the material in the initial phases of the material and after the latent period continues with the formation of a layer of hydride phases. t is shown that the hydrogen storage material TiFe + TiFe has a significantly higher hydrogen capacity than single-phase TiFe.

Design of V-Substituted TiFe-Based Alloy for Target Pressure Range and Easy Activation

Titanium iron (TiFe) alloy is a room-temperature hydrogen-storage material, and it absorbs hydrogen via a two-step process to form TiFeH and then TiFeH2. The effect of V addition in TiFe alloy was recently elucidated. The V substitution for Ti sublattice lowers P2/P1 ratio, where P1 and P2 are the equilibrium plateau pressure for TiFe/TiFeH and TiFeH/TiFeH2, respectively, and thus restricts the two-step hydrogenation within a narrow pressure range. The focus of the present investigation was to optimize the V content such that maximum usable storage capacity can be achieved for the target pressure range: 1 MPa for absorption and 0.1 MPa for desorption. The effect of V substitution at selective Ti or Fe sublattices was closely analyzed, and the alloy composition Ti46Fe47.5V6.5 displayed the best performance with ca. 1.5 wt.% of usable capacity within the target pressure range. At the same time, another issue in TiFe-based alloys, which is a difficulty in activation at room temperature, was solved by Ce addition. It was shown that 3 wt.% Ce dispersion in TiFe alloy imparted to it easy room-temperature (RT) activation properties.