The invention relates to a
lanthanum oxide catalyzed high-capacity
hydrogen storage
alloy and a preparation method thereof, the
hydrogen storage
alloy comprises the following components: Mg < 85-x > Zr < x > Sm < 12-y > Nd < y > N < i < 5-z-m > Cu < z > Zn < m + n > wt.% La2O3, in the formula, x, y, z and m are atomic ratios, and 0 lt; x is less than or equal to 5, 0lt; y < = 3, 0lt; z < = 2, 0lt; m is less than or equal to 2, n is the percentage of La2O3 in the
alloy, and n is more than or equal to 4 and less than or equal to 12. Preferably, the
atomic ratio x: y: z: m is 3: 2: 1: 1, and n is equal to 7. The preparation method comprises the following steps:
smelting by
induction heating under the protection of
inert gas, pouring a
liquid alloy into a
tundish, and continuously spraying the
liquid alloy on the surface of a rotating water-cooled
copper roller through a BN
nozzle at the bottom of the
tundish to obtain a rapidly quenched alloy with a nanocrystalline structure; and the rapidly quenched alloy is mechanically crushed and sieved, the sieved alloy
powder and a certain amount of catalyst La2O3 are subjected to ball milling in an all-dimensional planetary high-energy
ball mill under the protection of protective gas, and alloy
powder with ultra-fine grains (nanoscale) is obtained. Through component design,
microstructure regulation and control and addition of a catalyst, the
thermal stability of alloy
hydride is reduced, and the
hydrogen absorption and
desorption thermodynamic and dynamic performance of the alloy is improved.