Aluminium hydride nanoparticles nested in the porous zeolitic imidazolate framework-8

Aluminium hydride particles were loaded for the first time in a ZIF-8 structure by the solution infiltration method using dimethylethylamine alane [AlH3:NMe2Et] as a precursor. The infiltrated aluminium hydride is present within ZIF-8 pores preserving the zeolitic structure, as shown by various advanced analytical techniques.