Abstract
Ball milling the powders of Mg-based alloys with transition metal compounds is effective for improving their hydrogen storage performances. In this experiment, the alloys of La1.7Y0.3Mg16Ni + x wt.% TiF3 (x = 0–10) were prepared through mechanical milling technology. XRD, SEM, HRTEM and granulometry were used to measure the composition and microstructure of alloys. The isothermal hydrogen storage property was measured by a Sievert apparatus. The results reveal that the TiF3 additive in ball-milled samples transforms into MgF2 and TiH2 after the first hydrogen absorption. Adding TiF3 enhances the crystallinity and reduces the average particle and crystallite sizes of alloys, which is beneficial to accelerating hydriding and dehydriding kinetics. Adding 7 wt% TiF3 into alloy decreases the dehydrogenation activation energy from 72.2 to 64.0 kJ/mol and improves the hydrogen absorption rate at low temperatures, absorbing 3.50 wt% H in 0.5 min at 323 K.
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