International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol.45, No.14, 7929-7937, 2020
Effect of Zr7Ni10 additive on hydrogen mobility in (TiCr1.8)(1-x)V-x (x=0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8): An H-1 NMR SFG study
In order to optimize hydrogen storage properties of bcc Ti-V-Cr alloys it was found that alloying with a few 4 at% of Zr7Ni10 results in acceleration the hydrogen sorption kinetics in the composite material. The novel intergranular phase plays a role of gate for hydrogen, leading parallel to its easy decrepitate, thus enhancing fast formation of Ti-V-Cr hydrides. Nevertheless, the question on how such a composite microstructure affects hydrogen mobility in the material is still open. Here we report on the results of the studies of hydrogen self-diffusion in hydrogenated (TiCr1.8)(1-x)V-x based alloys (x = 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 and 0.8) carried out using proton nuclear magnetic resonance diffusiometry in a static field gradient For all compounds the method has proved itself as a powerful tool to probe the microstructure of the multicomponent alloys with inhomogeneous element distribution in a few micrometer scale. It has been found that addition of Zr7Ni10 lowers the activation energy of hydrogen motion in (TiCr1.8)(1-x)V-x alloys and leads appear two different diffusion areas. They can be associated with a redistribution of elements within the intra-granular phase due to opposite substitution of Ti and Ni atoms during synthesis and blurring the boundaries between the intra-granular and inter-granular phases. (C) 2019 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.