Research Article
Effect of Crystallinity of β- and βbc-Nickel Hydroxide Samples on Chemical Cycling
Table 1
Full width at half maxima (fwhm) of as-prepared, oxidized, and reduced phases of β-nickel hydroxide.
| | β-nickel hydroxide | βbc-nickel hydroxide | | hkl |
fwhm/2θ |
fwhm/2θ | | As prepared | β-nickel hydroxide oxidised phase using NaClO | β-nickel hydroxide oxidised phase using NaClO followed by reduction using H2O2 | As prepared | βbc-nickel hydroxide oxidised phase using NaClO | βbc-nickel hydroxide oxidised phase using NaClO followed by reduction using H2O2 |
| | 001 | 0.275 | 0.364 | 0.423 | 3.521 | 2.54 | 4.382 | | 100 | 0.183 | — | 0.275 | 0.799 | — | 0.542 | | 101 | 0.279 | 0.932 | 0.407 | 2.534 | 6.495 | 2.385 | | 102 | 0.391 | — | 0.502 | 3.784 | — | 3.083 | | 110 | 0.296 | — | 0.440 | 0.902 | 4.40 | 0.5606 | | 111 | 0.437 | — | 0.601 | 1.744 | — | 1.347 |
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