Journal of Inorganic Materials

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High Temperature Electrochemical Performance of Al-substituted α-Ni(OH)2

LIU Yuan-Gang, TANG Zhi-Yuan, XU Qiang, LI Chang-Sheng

  

  1. School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • Received:2007-03-16 Revised:2007-07-01 Published:2008-03-20 Online:2008-03-20

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to explore the synthesis of finer Al-substituted Ni(OH)2 particles by means of homogeneous precipitation method and to investigate its’ micro-morphology, crystal structure, chemical composition and electrochemical performance at high temperature. The results show that a stabilized α-phase is obtained for the experimental substance and the particles are spherical agglomerates of fibrous nanometer scale crystallites. The approximate chemical composition of the product can be described as Ni0.70Al0.18(OH)1.6(CO3)0.1(SO4)0.07·(H2O)0.6. In the experimental MH-Ni batteries, Al-substituted Ni(OH)2 anode displays high charging efficiency and good cyclic stability with comparatively high oxygen evolution potential at 60℃. Compared with the behavior at 25℃, its discharging capacity at 60℃ is decreased by 15mAh/g. Moreover, after electrochemically cycled at 60℃ for 95 times, the structure of Al-substituted Ni(OH)2 remains mainly α phase, showing good structural stability.

Key words: Al-substituted Ni(OH)2, crystal Structure, high temperature electrochemical performance

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