The invention relates to the technical field of
hydrogen storage alloys, in particular to an easy-to-activate Ti-Fe-RE-Mn-Zr-Zn-Sb-based
hydrogen storage
alloy and a preparation method thereof.The
chemical formula of the
alloy is Ti < 1.1 > Fe < 0.8 > Sm < 0.04-x > Nd < x > Mn < 0.35-y-z-m > ZryZnzSbm, x, y, z and m are atomic ratios, x is larger than or equal to 0.01 and smaller than or equal to 0.04, y is larger than or equal to 0.05 and smaller than or equal to 0.15, z is larger than or equal to 0.02 and smaller than or equal to 0.08, and m is larger than or equal to 0.01 and smaller than or equal to 0.05. According to the preparation method, an
alloy ingot is obtained through
induction heating and
smelting in an
argon atmosphere, the alloy
ingot is mechanically crushed and then subjected to short-time mechanical ball milling, and alloy
powder of a nanocrystalline structure is obtained. By adding a small amount of
rare earth Sm and Nd and metals Mn, Zr, Zn and Sb, the
hydrogen storage activation performance of the alloy is remarkably improved, and the
rare earth elements easily form SmH3 and NdH3 when absorbing hydrogen for the first time to provide a catalytic activity center for activation of the alloy. Mn and Zr form an
intermetallic compound ZrMn2, Zn and Sb form a SbZn phase, and the activation performance of the alloy is obviously improved on the premise that the
hydrogen storage capacity is not obviously reduced. The grain size can be obviously reduced through short-time ball milling, the surface state of alloy particles is improved, the
crystal defect density is greatly increased, and the alloy has very excellent activation performance.