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Hydrogen absorption–desorption characteristics of R3MgNi14(R = Nd, Gd and Er) alloys

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The hydrogen absorption–desorption characteristics of layered R3MgNi14 (R = Nd, Gd and Er) compounds have been investigated in this work, in order to understand the effect of atomic size on hydrogen storage properties. Although they have polymorphic 2H and 3R phases, the unit parameters (a and c/N) and average unit volumes are similar for the same rare earth atom, which decrease as the atomic size decrease from Nd to Gd and Er. Additionally, the cycle stabilities also decrease from Nd3MgNi14 to Gd3MgNi14 and Er3MgNi14 because the proper interstitial hole sizes.

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Li, D.K., Zhang, Q.A. Hydrogen absorption–desorption characteristics of R3MgNi14(R = Nd, Gd and Er) alloys. Appl. Phys. A 128, 134 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-021-05132-1

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