Aluminium hydride has been synthesized electrochemically, providing a synthetic route which closes a reversible cycle for regeneration of the material and bypasses expensive thermodynamic costs which have precluded AlH₃ from being considered as a H₂storage material.

Li₂B₁₂H₁₂ is a bi-functional material that can be used as a superionic conductor in all solid-state lithium ion batteries and as a blue luminescent down-conversion dye.