Design of Mg-Cu alloys for fast hydrogen production, and its application to PEM fuel cell

Se Kwon Oh; Hyo Won Kim; Min Joong Kim; Kwang Sup Eom; Joon Seok Kyung; Do Hyang Kim; Eun Ae Cho; Hyuk Sang Kwon

doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.12.257

Design of Mg-Cu alloys for fast hydrogen production, and its application to PEM fuel cell

Se Kwon Oh, Hyo Won Kim, Min Joong Kim, Kwang Sup Eom, Joon Seok Kyung, Do Hyang Kim, Eun Ae Cho, Hyuk Sang Kwon

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

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Mg-Cu alloys are designed for fast hydrogen generation by precipitating an electrochemically noble phase (Mg₂Cu) at the grain boundaries. The noble precipitates accelerate the hydrolysis kinetics of the alloy by synergetic action of galvanic and intergranular corrosion. The Mg-3Cu alloy exhibits a hydrogen generation rate of 5.23 ml min⁻¹ g⁻¹, which is 307 times faster than that of pure Mg (0.017 ml min⁻¹ g⁻¹). Furthermore, the effects of annealing of the alloy on the hydrogen generation rate and the feasibility of the production of power via hydrolysis of Mg-3Cu alloy are also confirmed. The annealing of the alloy reduces the hydrogen generation rate through the decrease of precipitates, and 10 g of Mg-3Cu alloy can produce power of 7.25 W for 37 min by operation of a single cell PEMFC.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	590-596
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume	741
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.12.257
Publication status	Published - 2018 Apr 15

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This work was sponsored by the National Research Foundation of Korea Grant, funded by the Korean Government (MSIT) ( NRF-2017M1A2A2072597 ).

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© 2018 Elsevier B.V.

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