The hydrogen uptake of single-crystal Mo/V superlattices depends stron
gly on the number of Mo/V interfaces per volume unit. In the V layers,
an increased interstitial electron density in the vicinity of each in
terface causes a reduction in the H content. The extension of the inte
rface region is determined to 3 monolayers, for symmetric and asymmetr
ic samples. The hydrogenation-dehydrogenation-induced structural chang
es were found to be completely reversible.