The invention discloses a Y-Fe-based rare-earth
hydrogen storage material and a preparation method thereof. The component composition of the
hydrogen storage material is Y1-xMxFe3-yNy, wherein x is not less than 0 and not greater than 0.5; y is not less than 0 and not greater than 1.5; M is one or more than two of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Zr, Ti and Mg; and N is one or more than two of Ni, Co, Al,Mn and Ca. The preparation method thereof comprises the following steps: (1) material preparation: weighing
pure metals or the alloys thereof according to the
chemical composition components separately, carrying out cleaning treatment on the raw materials, and then carrying out
roasting degassing; (2)
smelting:
smelting through a vacuum medium-frequency induction
smelting furnace or a vacuum electric-arc furnace; (3) pouring: rapidly condensing to obtain a cast
ingot in a manner of water-cooling die pouring or vacuum suction
casting; and (4) crushing the cast
ingot under the protection of
argon gas
atmosphere, and sieving to obtain a particle
powder with a particle size of 30-40 meshes. The
hydrogen storage material disclosed by the invention is low in
activation temperature, high in
hydrogen absorption speed, and applicable to many fields of
energy storage, hydrogen purification and the like. Compared with La-Ni-series
hydrogen storage materials, Fe is lower in
price fluctuation thanNi and lower in material cost.