Metal hydride alloy with catalytic particles
AssigneeOvonic Battery Company, Inc.
InventorsKwo Young, Benjamin Reichman, Michael A. Fetcenko
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Abstract
The performance of an ABx type metal hydride alloy is improved by adding an element to the alloy which element is operative to enhance the surface area morphology of the alloy. The alloy may include surface regions of differing morphologies.
Claims6
A hydrogen storage material having a bulk region and an interface oxide region, said oxide region characterized by metallic catalytic nickel particles having an average particle size of 5-15 angstroms and said particles are distributed throughout the oxide.
A hydrogen storage material as in claim 2, wherein the average particle size is 7-12 angstroms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.