The invention discloses a
magnesium-base
hydrogen storage material based on a high-entropy effect and a preparing method thereof. The
magnesium-base
hydrogen storage material comprises A<a->Mg<90-a>+bwt.% B
hydrogen storage
alloy, wherein in the formula, a is larger than or equal to 0 and smaller than or equal to 20, b is larger than or equal to 0 and smaller than or equal to 20, and a and b areequal to 0 preferably for the
nitrogen storage
alloy; A represents
lanthanide rare earth elements and comprises Y elements (
lanthanum,
cerium,
praseodymium,
neodymium,
samarium and the like) of whichat least five types of elements coexist, for instance, A is La<c1>Ce<c2>Pr<c3>Nd<c4>Sm<c5>, and c is larger than 0 and smaller than or equal to 50; B represents
transition metal elements from Sc (withthe
atomic number of 21) to Cd (with the
atomic number of 48) and comprises the Al elements of which at least five types of elements coexist, for instance, B is Hf<d1>Zr<d2>V<d3>Nb<d4>Ti<d5>, and d is larger than 0 and smaller than or equal to 50; and the example
alloy is preferential alloy, and c and d are equal to 20. After the alloy is hydrogenated, phases AH<2+x> and B of an unstable cubic structure are generated; in the
nitrogen absorption process, the cubic structure in the AH<2+x> and B can be twisted into a square structure when the
nitrogen content is increased, and the accordingly-generated
internal stress changes reduce the
thermal stability of
magnesium-base hydrides, weaken the
bond energy between Mg and H and effectively improve the
hydrogen storage performance of the magnesium-base
hydrogen storage material.