Research in Nickel/Metal Hydride Batteries 2017
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Contributions
2.1. Reviews on Related Work
2.2. Metal Hydride Alloys
2.3. Nickel Hydroxide
2.4. Electrolyte
2.5. Cell Performance Comparison
2.6. Analytic Methodology
3. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
Ni/MH | Nickel/metal hydride |
RANGE | Robust Affordable Next Generation Energy Storage System |
MH | Metal hydride |
BCC | Body-centered-cubic |
EBSD | Electron backscatter diffraction |
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