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Electrochemical Study of a Single Particle of Active Material for Secondary Battery using the Microelectrode

마이크로 전극에 의한 2차 전지용 활물질 단일 입자의 전기화학적 평가

  • Kim Ho-Sung (Energy & Applied Optics Team, Gwangju Research Center, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology) ;
  • Lee Choong-Gon (Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Hanbat National University)
  • 김호성 (한국생산기술연구원, 광주연구센터, 광에너지팀) ;
  • 이충곤 (한밭대학교 화학공학과)
  • Published : 2006.05.01

Abstract

Electrochemical properties were studied for a single particle of active material of hydrogen storage alloy $(MmNi_{3.55}Co_{0.75}Mn_{0.4}Al_{0.3})$ and nickel hydroxides $(NiOH)_2$ for the secondary Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH) batteries using the microelectrode, which was manipulated to make electrical contact with an active material particle for cyclic voltammograms (CV) and potential-step experiments. As a result of CV test, it was found that three kinds of hydrogen oxidation peaks at -0.9, -0.75 and -0.65 V and hydrogen evolution peak at -0.98 V for hydrogen storage alloy were separately observed and two kinds of peaks of proton oxidation/reduction at 0.45 and 0.32 V and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) at 0.6 V for nickel hydroxides were also more clearly observed. Furthermore hydrogen diffusion coefficient within a single particle was also found to vary the order between $10^{-9}\;and\;10^{-10}cm^2/s$ over the course of hydrogenation and dehydrogenation process for potential-step experiments.

마이크로전극을 사용하여 니켈-수소 전지의 전극 활물질인 수소저장합금$(MmNi_{3.55}Co_{0.75}Mn_{0.4}Al_{0.3})$과 수산화니켈의 단일입자에 대하여 전기화학적 특성을 평가하였다. 즉 마이크로 전극을 활물질 입자 한 개 위에 전기적인 접촉을 이루도록 조정하고 전위 주사(Cyclic Voltammograms) 및 포텐셜 스텝(Potential Step)으로 실험을 실시하였다. 그 결과 수소저장 합금 입자의 경우 -0.9, -0.75, -0.65V 부근에서 3개의 산화 피크 및 -0.98V에서 수소발생 전위, 그리고 수산화니켈 입자의 경우 프로톤 산화 환원 반응(0.45V, 0.32V)과 산소 발생 반응 전위를 보다 명확하게 확인 할 수 있었다. 그리고 수소흡장합금 입자 내에서의 수소 흡장 및 방출 전 과정에 대해 수소 확산계수 $(D_{app})\;(10^{-9}\sim10^{-10}cm^2/s)$가 얻어졌다.

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