Inventors:
Jason Ting - Oakdale PA
Ulrike Habel - Pittsburgh PA
Michael W. Peretti - Finleyville PA
William B. Eisen - Pittsburgh PA
Rosa Young - Bloomfield Hills MI
Benjamin Chao - Troy MI
Baoquan Huang - Troy MI
Assignee:
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. - Rochester Hills MI
Crucible Materials Corp. - Syracuse NY
International Classification:
H01M 458
Abstract:
Practice of this invention provides, at least, a method of making a hydrogen storage material comprising the steps of: 1. forming a molten mixture comprising nickel and at least one other transition metal element, the combination of which will form a TiNi alloy and including in said molten mixture from about 0. 1 at. % to about 10 at. % of one or more elements which will form an alloy which is immiscible in the TiNi-type alloy; and (b) cooling said molten mixture to form a solid alloy-system material by rapid solidification of said molten mixture at a cooling rate of at least 10 Â C. per second.