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In situ X-ray Investigation of Hydrogen Charging in Thin Film Bimetallic Electrodes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Najeh M. Jisrawi
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
Harold Wiesmann
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
M. W. Ruckman
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
T. R. Thurston
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
G. Reisfeld
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
B. M. Ocko
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
Myron Strongin
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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Abstract

Hydrogen uptake and discharge by thin metallic films under potentiostatic control was studied using x-ray diffraction at the National Synchroton Light Source (NSLS). The formation of metal-hydrogen phases in Pd, Pd-capped Nb, and Pd/Nb multilayer electrode structures was deduced from x-ray diffraction data and correlated with the cyclic voltammetry (CV) peaks. The x-ray data were also used to construct a plot of the hydrogen concentration as a function of cell potential for a multilayered thin film.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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