TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Component: The metal hydride comprises sodium borohydride, lithium borohydride, and potassium borohydride. The anion comprises hydride, fluoride, chloride, bromide, iodide, oxide, sulfide, nitride, phosphide, hypochlorite, chlorite, chlorate, perchlorate, sulfite, sulfate, hydrogen sulfate, hydroxide, cyanide, thiocyanate, cyanate, peroxide, manganate, permanganate, dichromate, carbonate, hydrogen carbonate, phosphate, hydrogen phosphate, dihydrogen phosphate, aluminate, arsenate, nitrate, acetate, and oxalate. The solid metal hydride is at 42-52 or 43-53 wt.%. Water is at 40-50, preferably 39-49 vol.%. The metal hydride is sodium borohydride (NaBH4). The catalyst is cobalt chloride (CoCl2).    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - METALLURGY - Preferred Component: The catalyst comprises iron, cobalt, nickel, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, platinum, copper, silver, gold, zinc, cadmium, and mercury. It comprises a cation of a transition metal, and anion. The cation comprises iron (II), iron (III), cobalt, nickel (II), nickel (III), ruthenium (III), ruthenium (IV), ruthenium (V), ruthenium (VI), ruthenium (VIII), rhodium (III), rhodium (IV), rhodium (VI), palladium, osmium (III), osmium (IV), osmium (V), osmium (VI), osmium (VIII), iridium (III), iridium (IV), iridium (VI), platinum (II), platinum (III), platinum (IV), platinum (VI), copper (I), copper (II), silver (I), silver (II), gold (I), gold (III), zinc, cadmium, mercury (I), and mercury (II). The catalyst is at 0.1-4, preferably 0.1-3 wt.%.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Component: The aqueous solution has a pH of 2-7. It comprises acetic acid. The alcohol comprises ethanol, isopropanol, n-butanol, tert-butanol, ethylene glycol, and/or preferably methanol. It is at 1-10 or 3-11 vol.%. EXAMPLE - Fuel was prepared from (wt.%) sodium borohydride (NaBH4) (47.36), cobalt chloride (CoCl2, in 6 M water solution) (2.09), methanol (6.28), and water (44.27). The resulting fuel exhibited improved hydrogen storage of greater than or equal to 9 wt.%.