The invention also relates to the resulting mixture, to an electrode including said mixture as an electrochemically active material, to a cell including at least one such electrode, and to an accumulator or battery including one or more of said cells.

A method for preparing an electrochemically active material.

An electrode comprising said composite material as electrochemically active material.

Furthermore, an electrochemically active material, as well as an electrochemical cell comprising the above hydrogen storage material are disclosed.

Said compound can be used advantageously as the electrochemically active material for the pouch anode of a nickel-cadmium generator.