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Amorphous metal alloy compositions for reversible hydrogen storage and electrodes made therefrom

US4923770A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 2, 1988
Grant dateMay 8, 1990
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Expiry dateSep 2, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S420/90
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides a novel amorphous metal alloy composition which reversibly stores hydrogen and is useful as the hydrogen storage electrode in an energy storage device. The amorphous metal alloy is made up of at least three elements with at least one element of Ag, Hg, or Pt; at least one element of Pb, Cu, Cr, Mo, W, Ni, Al, Co, Fe, Zn, Cd, Ru or Mn: and at least one element of Ca, Mg, Ti, Zr, Hf, Nb, V or Ta.

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