The application discloses a self-repairing
magnesium-based composite
hydrogen storage material and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of
solid-state
hydrogen storage materials. The composite
hydrogen storage material comprises a
magnesium-based
hydrogen storage base body and microcapsules dispersed in the
magnesium-based
hydrogen storage base body. The microcapsules have a core-shell structure, the shell layer is a thermally induced
high polymer material, and the core is a low-melting-point
metal repair agent or an organic repair agent. In the recycling process of the
hydrogen storage material, when microcracks are generated in the base body due to the
volume change of
hydrogen absorption and release, the microcapsules are broken, the repair agent is released and melted and flows at a
working temperature to fill the cracks, and is solidified after cooling, so that the automatic repair of the cracks is realized. The microcapsule self-repairing technology is introduced into the field of magnesium-based hydrogen storage materials for the first time, the capacity attenuation problem caused by the recycling pulverization of the magnesium-based material is effectively solved, the service life of the material is significantly prolonged, and the capacity
retention rate is not less than 90% after 100 cycles.