Nickel-hydrogen

Tliere are two types of nickel—hydrogen cells those that employ a gaseous electrode and those that utilize a metal hydride, AlH. 

Fig, f 6. Cutaway view of a typical construction of a nickel—hydrogen cell. 

Fig. 17. 50 A-h nickel—hydrogen performance showing (a) pressure and (b) voltage curves where region A represents charging at 10 A, region B represents overcharge at 10 A, region C represents discharge at 25 A, and region D represents reversal at 25 A. To convert MPa to psi, multiply by 145.

The overcharge reactions for the cell are the same as for nickel—cadmium and nickel—hydrogen cells. The oxygen generated on the nickel electrode at the end of charge and overcharge finds its way to the anode and reacts to form water in the Ni—H2 case and Cd(OH)2 in the Ni—Cd case. 

The packaging approach utilized for tliis battery is similar to that for nickel—hydrogen single cylindrical cells as shown in Figure 23. The sdv er electrode is typically the sintered type used in rechargeable sdv er—zinc cells. The hydrogen electrode is a Teflon-bonded platinum black gas difhision electrode. 

J. E. Clifford and E. W. Brooman, Asessment of Nickel—Hydrogen Batteries for Terrestrial Solar Applications, SAND80-7191, Sandia National Laboratories, 1981. 

Sulfolane (tetramethylenesulfone) [126-33-0] M 120.2, m 28.5 , b 153-154 /18mm, 285 /760mm, d 1.263, n 1.4820. Prepared commercially by Diels-Alder reaction of 1,3-butadiene and sulfur dioxide, followed by Raney nickel hydrogenation. The principle impurities are water, 3-sulfolene, 2-sulfolene and 2-isopropyl sulfolanyl ether. It is dried by passage through a column of molecular sieves. Distd... 

A solution of 10 g of 9 10-dihydro-9 10-ethano-(1 2)-anthracene-(9)aldehyde (made from anthracene and acrolein) and 10 g of monomethylamine in 100 cc of ethanol is heated at 80°C for 4 hours in an autoclave. The reaction mixture is then evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure to leave a crystalline residue which is dissolved in 150 cc of ethanol and, after the addition of 2 g of Raney nickel, hydrogenated at 40°C under atmospheric pressure. When the absorption of hydrogen has subsided, the catalyst is filtered off and the filtrate evaporated under reduced pressure. An oil remains which is covered with 100 cc of 2N hydrochloric acid. The 9-methylamino-methyI-9 10-dihydro-9 10-ethano-(9 10)-anthracene hydrochloride crystallizes immediately after crystallization from methanol it melts at 320°-322°C. 

Nickel-Hydrogen, Nickel-Iron, and Nickel-Metal Hydride. First developed for communication satellites in the early 1970s, nickel-hydrogen batteries are durable, require low maintenance, and have a long life expectancy. The major disadvantage is the high initial cost. For these batteries to be a viable option for electric vehicles, mass production techniques will have to be developed to reduce the cost. 

Nickel Cadmium 2NiOOH -b Cd + 2H2O - NilOH) + Cd(OH)2 Nickel Hydrogen 2NiOOH + - 2Ni(OH)2... 

In normal battery operation several electrochemical reactions occur on the nickel hydroxide electrode. These are the redox reactions of the active material, oxygen evolution, and in the case of nickel-hydrogen and nickel-metal hydride batteries, hydrogen oxidation. In addition there are parasitic reactions such as the corrosion of nickel current collector materials and the oxidation of organic materials from separators. The initial reaction in the corrosion process is the conversion of Ni to Ni(OH)2. 

The reaction of hydrogen at the nickel electrode determines the rate of selfdischarge in nickel-hydrogen batteries. 

The nickel-hydrogen system has not been studied in such detail. The isotherm at 25°C is presented in Fig. 3 on the basis of the results obtained by Baranowski and Bochenska (11a). The /3-phase of nickel hydride appears when H/Ni exceeds 0.04 at an equilibrium pressure of 3400 atm. The characteristic H/Ni ratio in the /3-phase then amounts to 0.6. 

On the basis of information on the properties of the nickel-hydrogen and nickel-copper-hydrogen systems available in 1966 studies on the catalytic activity of nickel hydride as compared with nickel itself were undertaken. As test reactions the heterogeneous recombination of atomic hydrogen, the para-ortho conversion of hydrogen, and the hydrogenation of ethylene were chosen. 

Fig. 16. Example of a A s.p. = f(t) relation, manifesting surface potential changes in a nickel-hydrogen system as a function of time and amount of hydrogen introduced onto a surface of a nickel film deposited at liquid nitrogen temperature hydrogen-nickel film interactions were studied by Tompkins-Eberhagen static condenser method at liquid nitrogen temperature. After Dus (60). Each dose of H2 — 2.5 X 10 molecules.

There are two major types of household batteries (a) Primary batteries are those that cannot be reused. They include alkaline/manganese, carbon-zinc, mercuric oxide, zinc-air, silver oxide, and other types of button batteries, (b) Secondary batteries are those that can be reused secondary batteries (rechargeable) include lead-acid, nickel-cadmium, and potentially nickel-hydrogen. 

Wu B. and White R. E., Modeling of a Nickel-Hydrogen Cell. Phase Reactions in Nickel Active Material. J. Electrochem Soc. 2001 148 A595-609. 

The behavior of 3 toward ether or amines on the one hand and toward phosphines, carbon monoxide, and COD on the other (Scheme 2), can be qualitatively explained on the basis of the HSAB concept4 (58). The decomposition of 3 by ethers or amines is then seen as the displacement of the halide anion as a weak hard base from its acid-base complex (3). On the other hand, CO, PR3, and olefins are soft bases and do not decompose (3) instead, complexation to the nickel atom occurs. The behavior of complexes 3 and 4 toward different kinds of electron donors explains in part why they are highly active as catalysts for the oligomerization of olefins in contrast to the dimeric ir-allylnickel halides (1) which show low catalytic activity. One of the functions of the Lewis acid is to remove charge from the nickel, thereby increasing the affinity of the nickel atom for soft donors such as CO, PR3, etc., and for substrate olefin molecules. A second possibility, an increase in reactivity of the nickel-carbon and nickel-hydrogen bonds toward complexed olefins, has as yet found no direct experimental support. 

Raney nickel hydrogenation of aromatic and aliphatic nitriles in ethanol containing 4 equivalents of phenyl hydrazine gives 90% of aldehydes. 

Methyl isocyanoacetate, 1470 /V-Mcthylmorpholinc oxide, 1997 Nickel, Hydrogen, Oxygen, 4820 Nitric acid, Sulfur dioxide, 4436... 

Fig. 20. Sulfur poisoning of various reactions over nickel. Hydrogen partial pressure = 100 toix. From R s. 109,133, 135.)...

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