Patent ID: 8193113

Claim:
A hydrogen storage composition consisting essentially of a complex hydride and a borohydride catalyst, wherein the borohydride catalyst comprises a BH 4 group and a metal selected from the group consisting of titanium, zirconium and combinations thereof, and wherein the complex hydride includes a metal borohydride compound selected from the group consisting of borohydride salts (M(BH 4 ) n ), triborohydride salts (M(B 3 H 8 ) n ), decahydrodecaborate salts (M 2 (B 10 H 10 ) n ), tridecahydrodecaborate salts (M(B 10 H 13 ) n ), dodecahydrododecaborate salts (M 2 (B 12 H 12 ) n ), and octadecahydroicosaborate salts (M 2 (B 20 H 18 ) n ), where M is a cation selected from the group consisting of alkali metal cations, alkaline earth metal cations, aluminum cation, zinc cation, and ammonium cation, and n is equal to the charge of the cation; and wherein the borohydride catalyst further comprises a cyclopentadienyl group, a halide, or combinations thereof.