The Catalytic Effect of Graphene Oxide on Magnesium Hydride-Based Anode for Lithium/Sodium-Ion Battery

In the field of rechargeable batteries, magnesium hydride (MgH 2 ) is one of the promising candidates among all metal hydrides due to its remarkable propeties. Nevertheless their practical application is limited due to some disadvantages such as poor reversibility, slow kinetics during charging/discharging, and unsatisfactory cyclability. In view of the above, the present work focused on, MgH 2 -catalyzed by graphene oxide (GO) as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) in which MgH 2 nanoparticles are catalyzed with graphene oxide (5 wt% of MgH 2 ) via ball-milling. The MgH 2 anode shows the initial discharge/charge capacity of 158/50 mAhg −1 and MgH 2 catalyzed with GO (MgH 2 -GO) anode exhibited excellent electrochemical performance with 427/289 mAhg −1 and the MgH 2 -GO anode shows a capacity retention of 240 mAhg −1 at a high current density of 200 mAg −1 after 100 cycles for LIBs. In the case of SIBs, the MgH 2 anode shows the initial discharge/charge capacity of 126/40 mAhg −1 and capacity retention of 14 mAhg −1 at a high current density of 200 mAg −1 after 100 cycles, and the MgH 2 -GO anode shows the initial discharge/charge capacity of 272/142 mAhg −1 and capacity retention of 79 mAhg −1 at a high current density of 200 mAg −1 after 100 cycles.