Lithium aluminium hydride (LiAlH4) is a promising hydrogen storage material with a storage capacity of 10.6 mass % H-2. However, its practical use is hampered by the lack of direct rehydrogenation routes. In this study, we report on the confinement of LiAlH4 into the nanoporosity of a high surface area graphite resulting in a remarkable improvement of its hydrogen storage properties. Nanoconfined LiAlH4 started hydrogen desorption near 135 degrees C and after full dehydrogenation at 300 degrees C limited rehydrogenation was observed at the same temperature and 7 MPa of hydrogen pressure. Rehydrogenation took place through the formation of Li3AlH6 with some limited rehydrogenation back to LiAlH4 indicating the existence of different (de)hydrogenation paths upon nanoconfinement as compared to the known dehydrogenation path of bulk LiAlH4. (C) 2017 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.