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ABSTRAKSenyawa metal alloy (LaNi5) biasa digunakan untuk anode baterai Nickel-
Metal Hydride (NiMH) karena mampu mengabsorpsi hidrogen dan dapat
beroperasi pada kondisi tekanan dan temperatur ruang. Ketika oksida logam tanah
jarang ditambahkan ke dalam anode sel baterai NiMH, tidak hanya charge
efficiency dan capacity-retention yang akan meningkat, tetapi juga menjadi rapid
charge dan high power cycling. Penelitian dilakukan untuk melihat karakteristik
bahan anode LaNi5 setelah penambahan CeO2 dan proses anil. Metode yang
digunakan adalah mechanical alloying dengan mencampur serbuk LaNi5 dengan
serbuk CeO2 sebanyak 1%, 2%, dan 3% berat di dalam ball mill selama 120 menit
pada putaran 240 rpm. Setelah itu, dilakukan proses anil pada temperatur 300°C,
600°C, dan 900°C selama 6 jam di lingkungan gas argon. Kemudian, serbuk
dikarakterisasi dengan menggunakan XRD, SEM-EDX, dan BET. Pengujian
elektrokimia dilakukan dengan menggunakan Electrochemical Impedance
Spectroscopy (EIS) pada frekuensi 5 mHz ? 100 kHz. Penambahan konsentrasi
CeO2 diatas 2%, akan memperkecil volume cell dan mengecilkan diameter pori.
Konduktivitas tertinggi yang dicapai pada penelitian ini adalah sebesar 1.5332
S/cm dengan diameter pori 0.0082 cc/g. Walaupun penambahan konsentrasi CeO2
ke dalam material anode meningkatkan tahanan material, tetapi penambahan 1%
CeO2 dapat meningkatkan ketahanan korosi material anode dengan Ecorr sebesar -
0.6432 V. Peningkatan temperatur anil menyebabkan perubahan difraksi fasa
menjadi fasa NiO dan La2O3 yang menyebabkan konduktivitas menurun dan nilai
tahanan semakin besar.
ABSTRACTA Lanthanum Nickel compound (LaNi5) is widely used for an anode of
Nickel-Metal Hydride (NiMH) battery due to excellence on hydrogen absorption
and good capability to be operated at room temperature and pressure condition.
Addition of rare earth oxide to the NiMH has increase charge-retention efficiency
and capacity also has both rapid charge and high power cycling. The experiment
has been conducted to observe the characteristic of the anode LaNi5 materials
after addition of CeO2 and annealing. As method of this experiment, mechanical
alloying was done by mixed LaNi5 and CeO2 powder which had 1%, 2% and 3%
weight mass in ball mill for 120 minutes at 240 rpm. After that, the annealing was
carried out at varied temperature, 300°C, 600°C and 900°C for 6 hours in argon
gas exposure. Then the powders were characterized with XRD, SEM-EDX, and
BET. Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) was used for
electrochemical testing on the frequency between 5 mHz - 100 kHz. The results of
this experiment show that increasing CeO2 more than 2% concentration lead to
decrease the volume of cells and the pore diameter. Furthermore, this is affect the
value of ionic conductivity with the highest conductivity is 1.5332 S / cm and
0.0082 cc / g in diameter pore. Although the addition of CeO2 concentration into
the anode material increases the resistance, the addition of 1% CeO2 can improve
the corrosion resistance of the anode material with Ecorr of -0.6432 V. In
conclusions, annealing temperature increasing will changes diffraction phase with
the dominant phase NiO and La2O3, thus the conductivity was decreasing and the
resistance was increasing."
