Effect of Crystallinity of β- and β_bc-Nickel Hydroxide Samples on Chemical Cycling

Table 2

Crystallite sizes of β-nickel hydroxide and β_bc-nickel hydroxide (as prepared), β-nickel oxyhydroxide, and β_bc-nickel oxyhydroxide (oxidized phases) and chemically reduced phases of and reduced phases of β-nickel oxyhydroxide and β_bc-nickel hydroxide samples.

β-nickel hydroxide				βbc-nickel hydroxide
hkl	Crystallite size (Å)			Crystallite size (Å)
	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	602.2	364.7	286.1	19.03	37.3	23.8
100	1975	—	619.2	207.04	—	126.1
101	610.7	106.5	316.7	37.63	13.4	35.2
102	365.8	—	250.7	30.2	—	24.33
110	774.8	—	348.8	239.5	—	239.4
111	359.4	—	220.1	80.1	—	79.68