Composite material for hydrogen storage with very high rates of absorption and desorption and method of production of said material

Abstract

Composite material, and associated method of production, used for hydrogen storage with very high rates of absorption and desorption, comprising a metal hydride, as matrix, and an alloy of zirconium and nickel at a zirconium/nickel weight ratio between 20/80 and 60/40, as particles and/or secondary phases, said metal hydride being in the form of particles of micrometric size and said alloy in the form of particles and/or as secondary phases with nanometric and/or micrometric dimensions.