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Effect of calcium hydroxide on the electrochemical performance of a [Ni4Al(OH)10]OH electrode

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Samples of [Ni4Al(OH)10]OH were prepared by co-precipitation with the existence of calcium and subsequent hydrothermal treatment. Inductively coupled plasma (ICP) measurements show that the composition of prepared samples does not change very much with the initial concentration of Ca2+ in the mother solution, which may be related to the high solubility of Ca(OH)2. Powder X-ray diffraction measurements show that the modification does not change the lattice parameters of [Ni4Al(OH)10]OH a lot, but scanning electron microscope images show some morphological differences between the sample without Ca and the sample after the modification of calcium hydroxide. However, those changes in composition and morphology do improve the reversibility and charge efficiency of [Ni4Al(OH)10]OH, especially at a higher temperature of 65 °C. For example, the difference between the oxidation peak and oxygen evolution peak in the cyclic voltammetric diagrams at 65 °C becomes large, a better charge/discharge performance at high current density can be observed. In addition, the charge-transfer resistance (R t) of the electrode according to the electrochemical impedance spectra increases after the modification of calcium and become larger as the temperature is elevated for 20 to 65 °C.

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Qin, L., Hu, M., Gao, X. et al. Effect of calcium hydroxide on the electrochemical performance of a [Ni4Al(OH)10]OH electrode. J Solid State Electrochem 15, 405–412 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-010-1102-0

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