Baotou Research Institute of Rare Earths receives reward for its rare earth hydrogen storage alloy project
2017-07-19 11:55:23 [Print]
The 300tpy rare earth hydrogen storage alloy project with high capacity and low self-discharge developed by Baotou Research Institute of Rare Earths (BRIRE) was granted the scientific and technological innovation reward by the Department of Finance of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
It is learned that main products of the project include La-Mg-Ni and La-Y-Ni based hydrogen storage materials. Since the industrialization of La-Mg-Ni based hydrogen storage materials in Japan from 2005, Japan has a monopoly on the production technology. Although many Chinese enterprises and research institutes have conducted research on this technology, none of them have succeeded. After years of research, the BRIRE has achieved technological breakthroughs, especially the industrialization technology. After nearly three years’ research, BRIRE discovered that La-Y-Ni based hydrogen storage alloy has the characteristics of high capacity, high plateau pressure and long cycle life. BRIRE, which has applied for seven national patents with five having been authorized and filed one international patent application under the PCT, has studied the transformation of technology conditions from laboratory to mass production.
This scientific achievement can bring in economic and social benefits through the construction of new production line of high capacity and low self-discharge rare earth hydrogen storage alloy, promote the research and development of hydrogen storage alloy, constantly improve the performance of hydrogen storage alloy, and thus enhance the performance of Ni-MH battery.
It is learned that main products of the project include La-Mg-Ni and La-Y-Ni based hydrogen storage materials. Since the industrialization of La-Mg-Ni based hydrogen storage materials in Japan from 2005, Japan has a monopoly on the production technology. Although many Chinese enterprises and research institutes have conducted research on this technology, none of them have succeeded. After years of research, the BRIRE has achieved technological breakthroughs, especially the industrialization technology. After nearly three years’ research, BRIRE discovered that La-Y-Ni based hydrogen storage alloy has the characteristics of high capacity, high plateau pressure and long cycle life. BRIRE, which has applied for seven national patents with five having been authorized and filed one international patent application under the PCT, has studied the transformation of technology conditions from laboratory to mass production.
This scientific achievement can bring in economic and social benefits through the construction of new production line of high capacity and low self-discharge rare earth hydrogen storage alloy, promote the research and development of hydrogen storage alloy, constantly improve the performance of hydrogen storage alloy, and thus enhance the performance of Ni-MH battery.
