Power Generation Property of Metal-Air Battery using Mg-based Amorphous Alloys

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24656399
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Structural/Functional materials
Research Institution	Tohoku University
Principal Investigator	YAMAURA SHIN-ICHI 東北大学, 金属材料研究所, 准教授 (50323100)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Keywords	非晶質 / 空気電池 / マグネシウム / 燃料電池 / アモルファス
Research Abstract	In this study, power generation property of metal-air battery using Mg-based amorphous alloys was investigated in comparison with pure Mg. Various Mg-based amorphous alloys were prepared by rapid quenching and melt-spun Mg-Ca-Al ternary alloy was found to be in amorphous state. Power generation of a metal-air battery using the Mg-based amorphous alloy was a little better than that using a conventional Mg sheet. It was found that the Mg-based amorphous alloy can be a good candidate for metal-air battery in future.