“…The ZrCr 2 base alloy was chosen for: (a) its simple C14 crystal structure [24]; (b) its high hydrogen storage capacity [25][26][27]; (c) its large PCT hysteresis; and (d) the extensive studies on structural, thermodynamic, and electronic properties [28][29][30][31], and many studies on elemental substitution that have been performed (i.e. Ti [32,33], V [34][35][36][37][38][39], Mn [37,40], Fe [37,[40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48], Co [37,40,41,47,49], Ni [37,40,47,[50][51][52][53][54], Cu [37,40,55], Mo [37,38], Mo [38,56], Al [57], Si...…”