Influence of the deposition atmosphere on the characteristics of Pd–Mg thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition

Elaboration by high-energy ball milling of copper/palladium composite materials – characterization and electrocatalytic activity for the reduction of nitrate in alkaline medium

“…The Cu 2p 3/2 peak is located at 932.9 eV as observed previously with pure 6 h-milled Cu and is attributed to Cu and Cu 2 O [4]. The Pd 3d 5/2 peak is at 335.7 eV, which is characteristic of Pd 0 [28]. It confirms the absence of alloying or redox reaction between Pd and Cu upon the 5-30 min milling period.…”

Nanotechnology in Mg-based materials for hydrogen storage

“…However, the hydrogen storage experiments on Mg-based materials reported so far were mostly operated at high temperature, while the kinetics parameters need to be further clarified under moderate conditions since the hydrogen storage thin film materials are expected to be applied at ambient temperature [34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43]. In addition, Mg-based thin films have been extensively studied as ''switchable mirrors'', exhibiting reversible and drastic optical changes upon hydrogen absorption and desorption [44][45][46][47][48][49].…”

Promising electrochemical hydrogen storage properties of thick Mg–Pd films obtained by insertion of thin Ti interlayers

“…28 The hydrogen absorption peaks emerged between À1.0 and À1.1 V, which were not clearly observed for Mg500-Pd, Mg500-Ti1 and Mg200-Ti1 samples. The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) occurred at potentials more negative than À1.1 V. 29 The broad anodic peaks between À0.5 V and À0.9 V were observed for all the samples, which were attributed to the desorption process of hydrogen. As indicated in Fig.…”