%0 journal article %@ 1463-9076 %A Puszkiel, J.A., Castro Riglos, M.V., Karimi, F., Santoru, A., Pistidda, C., Klassen, T., Bellosta von Colbe, J.M., Dornheim, M. %D 2017 %J Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics %N 11 %P 7455-7460 %R doi:10.1039/C6CP08278E %T Changing the dehydrogenation pathway of LiBH4–MgH2 via nanosized lithiated TiO2 %U https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CP08278E 11 %X Nanosized lithiated titanium oxide (LixTiO2) noticeably improves the kinetic behaviour of 2LiBH4 + MgH2. The presence of LixTiO2 reduces the time required for the first dehydrogenation by suppressing the intermediate reaction to Li2B12H12, leading to direct MgB2 formation.