Improved Response Time of a Thin Film Hydrogen Storage Alloy Unimorph Structure after Platinum Surface Treatment
Improved Response Time of a Thin Film Hydrogen Storage Alloy Unimorph Structure after Platinum Surface Treatment
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铂表面处理后薄膜储氢合金单晶结构的响应时间得到改善
DOI:
10.2320/matertrans.45.2902
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发表时间:
2004
影响因子:
1.2
通讯作者:
Takamitsu Honjo
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作者:
Y. Nishi;H. Uchida;Takamitsu Honjo
In this study, the effect of a platinum surface treatment on the mechanical response of a LaNi5 thin film actuator deposited on polyimide substrates was investigated. Since this actuator could be reversibly driven by hydrogen pressure control, it could function as a sensor and/or controller of the hydrogen gas flux in various hydrogen related devices. In the experiments, the incubation period of the actuation after hydrogen gas exposure was reduced from 100 to 10 s by the platinum surface treatment. This significantly modified mechanical response is attributed to a switching of the reaction rate determining steps. The platinum treatment enhanced the decomposition rate of hydrogen gas molecules at the surface. The platinum treatment should bring about a change of rate determining step to a permeation/diffusion of the hydrogen atoms into the film.