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Electrochemical and kinetic performance of amorphous/nanostructured TiNi-based intermetallic compound with Nb substitution synthesized by mechanical alloying

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2018

Roozbeh Abbasi  and
Seyed Farshid Kashani-Bozorg Open the ORCID record for Seyed Farshid Kashani-Bozorg [Opens in a new window]
Roozbeh Abbasi
Affiliation:
Center of Excellence for Surface Engineering and Corrosion Protection of Industries, School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran 1417466191, Iran
Seyed Farshid Kashani-Bozorg*
Affiliation:
Center of Excellence for Surface Engineering and Corrosion Protection of Industries, School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran 1417466191, Iran
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a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: fkashani@ut.ac.ir
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Abstract

The electrochemical behavior of TiNi(1−x)Nbx (x = 0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2) ternary intermetallic compounds synthesized by mechanical alloying was investigated and compared to that of binary TiNi. The structure of 20-h milled product with initial stoichiometric composition of TiNi0.95Nb0.05 was found to be amorphous/nanostructured. Upon cycling, this ternary milled product exhibited the highest discharge capacity (166.1 mA h/g) after 10 cycles and best cycle stability (∼91%) while those of the binary TiNi were 147 mA h/g and ∼83%, respectively; i.e., slight amount of Nb substitution (0.05 mol) for Ni in the TiNi not only increased discharge capacity and cycle stability but also enhanced the kinetics of hydrogen absorption/desorption through increasing the exchange current density and hydrogen diffusion coefficient. However, additional Nb content was found to have negative effect on electrochemical properties; this was related to the existence of Nb element in addition to the ternary amorphous/nanocrystalline structures.

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energetic materialmechanical alloyingnanostructure
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 33 , Issue 22 , 28 November 2018 , pp. 3774 - 3784
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2018 

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