IP Library Granted Patent US 9,496,550
Granted Patent B2
US 9,496,550 · App. 14/590,613 · Granted Nov 15, 2016

Hydrogen storage alloy, hydrogen storage alloy electrode, secondary battery, and method for producing hydrogen storage alloy

Inventors: Tadashi Kakeya (Kyoto, JP); Manabu Kanemoto (Kyoto, JP); Minoru Kuzuhara (Kyoto, JP); Tetsuya Ozaki (Kyoto, JP); Masaharu Watada (Kyoto, JP); Tetsuo Sakai (Osaka, JP)
Assignees: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
H01M4/366C22C1/0441C22C19/007C22C19/03C22F1/10H01M4/383H01M10/345Y10T428/12493
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Patent No.
US 9,496,550
App. No.
14/590,613
Granted
Nov 15, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a hydrogen storage alloy which is characterized in that two or more crystal phases having different crystal structures are layered in a c-axis direction of the crystal structures. The hydrogen storage alloy is further characterized in that a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of a lattice constant a in the crystal structures of the laminated two or more crystal phases is 0.03 Å or less.

Claims (2)

1. A hydrogen storage alloy containing two or more crystal phases having different crystal structures, wherein the two or more crystal phases are layered in the c-axis direction of the crystal structures and the hydrogen storage alloy has a composition defined by a general formula R1 d R2 e R4 f R5 g (wherein R1 is one or more kind elements selected from the group consisting of rare earth metals including Y; R2 is one or more kind elements selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba; R4 is one or more kind elements selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Cr, Fe, Cu, Zn, Si, Sn, V, Nb, Ta, Ti, Zr, and Hf; R5 is one or two elements selected from Mn and Al; and d, e, f, and g satisfy 8≦d≦19; 2≦e≦9; 73≦f≦79; 1≦g≦4; and d +e+f+g=100) and satisfies 3.53≦(B/A)≦3.80 and 0.0593(B/A)+1.59≦rA≦0.0063(B/A)+1.81 in the case (B/A) is defined as (f+g)/(d+e) and rA (Å) is defined as the average atomic radius of R1 and R2, wherein the two or more crystal phases layered in the c-axis direction of the crystal structures comprise a crystal phase having Pr 5 Co l9 type crystal structure and a crystal phase having Ce 5 Co 19 type crystal structure.

2. The hydrogen storage alloy according to claim 1 , wherein the R1 is one or more kind elements R1′ selected from the group consisting of Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, and Y and La at La/R1′ ratio of 5 or less; R2 is Mg; the R4 is one or two elements selected from Ni and Co; the R5 is Al; and the d, e, f, and g satisfy 16≦d≦19; 2≦e≦5; 73≦f≦78; and 2≦g≦4.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 2, 2016
From: GS YUASA CORPORATION
To: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
Reel/Frame 039622/0013 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 2, 2016
From: KAKEYA, TADASHI; KANEMOTO, MANABU; KUZUHARA, MINORU; OZAKI, TETSUYA; WATADA, MASAHARU; SAKAI, TETSUO
To: GS YUASA CORPORATION; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 039622/0017 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-217488 · Aug 9, 2006 · national
Continuity (3)
Division 13587125 · Aug 16, 2012
Continuation 12376922
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