Abstract:
Novel graphene-supported FeOOH nanodots (FeOOH NDs@G) were successfully prepared by a facile hydrothermal method and doped into MgH
2 through mechanical ball-milling. MgH
2 with 10wt% FeOOH NDs@G began to release hydrogen at 229.8°C, which is 106.8°C lower than that of pure MgH
2. The MgH
2–10wt% FeOOH NDs@G composite could reversibly absorb 6.0wt% hydrogen at 200°C under a 3.2 MPa hydrogen pressure within 60 min. With the addition of FeOOH NDs@G, the dehydrogenation and hydrogenation activation energy of MgH
2 was decreased to 125.03 and 58.20 kJ·mol
−1 (156.05 and 82.80 kJ·mol
−1 for pure MgH
2), respectively. Furthermore, the hydrogen capacity of the FeOOH NDs@G composite retained 98.5% of the initial capacity after 20 cycles, showing good cyclic stability. The catalytic action of FeOOH NDs@G towards MgH
2 could be attributed to the synergistic effect between graphene nanosheets and
in-situ formed Fe, which prevented the aggregation of Mg/MgH
2 particles and accelerated the hydrogen diffusion during cycling, thus enabling the MgH
2–10wt% FeOOH NDs@G composite to exhibit excellent hydrogen storage performance.