@article{db55cdcb41d84a6da41c3322ece1970b,
title = "Hydrolytic hydrogen production on Al-Sn-Zn alloys processed by high-pressure torsion",
abstract = "Aluminium-tin-based alloys with different compositions were synthesized by a high-pressure torsion (HPT) method. The effect of different alloying elements and processing routes on the hydrogen generation performance of the alloys was investigated. The results show that Zn can enhance the hydrogen generation rate and yield by promoting pitting corrosion. The highest reactivity in water was achieved for an Al-30wt %Sn-10wt %Zn alloy. Detailed analysis of the Al-30wt %Sn-10wt %Zn alloy shows that increasing the shear strain and the resultant formation of ultrafine grains and phase mixing enhance the hydrogen generation rate through the effects of both nanogalvanic cells and pitting corrosion.",
author = "Fan Zhang and Kaveh Edalati and Makoto Arita and Zenji Horita",
note = "Funding Information: Funding: This study was financially supported by Shanghai University of Engineering Science (E3-0501-18-01021), Qdai-Jump Research from Kyushu University (No. 28325), the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan (No. 16H04539, No. 26220909 and 15K14183). Funding Information: Acknowledgments: One of the authors (Fan Zhang) would like to thank the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan and China Scholarship Council (CSC) for a PhD scholarship. F.Z. would like to thank Shanghai University of Engineering Science for a starting fund (E3-0501-18-01021). One of the authors (KE) thanks Kyushu University for the Qdai-Jump Research grant (No. 28325) and the MEXT, Japan, for a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (No. 16H04539). This study was supported in part by the Light Metals Educational Foundation of Japan, and in part by Grant-in-Aids for Scientific Research (S) and for Challenging Exploratory Research from the MEXT, Japan (No. 26220909 and 15K14183). The HPT process was carried out in the International Research Center on Giant Straining for Advanced Materials (IRC-GSAM) at Kyushu University. F.Z. was formerly with the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and the WPI, International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER), Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 by the authors.",
year = "2018",
month = jul,
day = "13",
doi = "10.3390/ma11071209",
language = "English",
volume = "11",
journal = "Materials",
issn = "1996-1944",
publisher = "MDPI AG",
number = "7",
}
