Author Affiliations
1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, China2State Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing and Recycling of Nonferrous Metals, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, Chinashow less
1. SEM images of the annealed alloys (a-e) and EDS pattern of A2B7-type phase in area 3
2. XRD patterns (a) and local enlarge XRD patterns (b) of the annealed alloys (a, b) and Rietveld refinement XRD profile of the sample x=0.15(c)
3. Phase structure and phase abundances of the annealed alloys
4. Lattice parameters (a, c), c/a ratio and (insert)cell volume, V of Ce2Ni7 type phase for the annealed alloys
5. PCT curves and (insert) the relationships between plateau pressure, cell volume and Mn content of the alloys at 300 K
6. lnPeq -1/T plots of the annealed alloys
7. Activation and (insert) discharge potential curves of the alloy electrodes
8. Electrochemical cycling curves and (insert) the relationshipsbetween S100, discharge capacity and Mn content of the alloy electrodes
9. XRD patterns of the alloy electrodes after 100 electrochemical cycles
10. SEM images of the alloy electrodes after 100 electrochemical cycles
11. Total XPS spectrum (a) and high resolution La3d(b) and Y3d(c) XPS spectra of the alloy electrodes after 100 electrochemical cycles
12. Tafel polarization curves and (insert) the relationshipsbetween Ecorr, Icorr and Mn content of the alloy electrodes
13. High rate discharge ability of the alloy electrodes
14. Relationships between I0, D0 and Mn content x
Alloy | Element/wt% | StoichiometricB/A ratio |
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La | Y | Ni | Mn | Al |
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x=0 | 6.73 | 15.33 | 75.75 | 0.00 | 2.19 | 3.53 | x=0.15 | 6.82 | 15.56 | 72.38 | 2.90 | 2.34 | 3.47 | x=0.2 | 6.86 | 15.47 | 71.57 | 3.86 | 2.24 | 3.48 | x=0.3 | 6.91 | 15.71 | 68.61 | 6.41 | 2.37 | 3.42 | x=0.5 | 6.94 | 15.77 | 65.02 | 10.11 | 2.17 | 3.40 |
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Table 1. Elements content of the annealed alloys by ICP analysis