PROCESS FOR ACTIVATION OF METAL HYDRIDE

摘要

A process for activation of metal hydrides is accomplished by incrementally hydriding and dehydriding the metal a plurality of times in a pulsed manner until the desired degree of activation is obtained. Metals useful in the formation of hydrides for applications such as batteries are advantageously activated by hydriding/dehydriding process. This process involves repeatedly stepping the potential of metal/metal hydride electrodes in electrochemical cells. The process activates hydrogen-storing materials that are difficult to activate by conventional means.