Abstract
Abstract In this study, two different nano-structured samples of the FeTi compound were prepared by mechanical alloying and mechanical grinding. For these samples, kinetics of the initial rate of hydrogen absorption, and the equilibrium hydrogen pressure as a function of hydrogen concentration were measured. Mechanical alloying of Fe and Ti atoms produced the FeTi compound powder samples with microstructures of a mixture of nano-structured FeTi grains and amorphous phases. This sample exhibited a high initial rate of hydrogen absorption even at 298 K, however, a strongly reduced hydrogen storage capacity. Mechanical grinding of the FeTi produced samples of particles with a particular microstructure: surface layers with a mixture of nano-structured FeTi grains and amorphous phases, and a single crystalline phase of FeTi below the surface layers for each particle. This sample exhibited a high initial rate of hydrogen absorption without a significant reduction of the hydrogen storage capacity compared with that of the standard FeTi sample. This mechanical grinding treatment was found to be an effective method of surface modification to improve the initial activation of the FeTi hydrogen storage alloy.
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