Washington State chemistry professor Choong-Shik Yoo, who heads the research says this “is the most condensed form of energy storage outside of nuclear energy.” This says it all about the potential of this tiny battery. It is made of xenon difluoride (XeF2), which is a white crystal. This crystal was placed in a diamond anvil cell, using two diamond anvils to produce high pressures in tiny space. This pressure formation forced the molecules in xenon difluoride to come closer. When the same pressure reached a million atmospheres, the molecules formed 3D metallic network structures. This formation forced all the mechanical energy of the compression to be converted and to be stored as chemical energy. And, taking in consideration the ‘million atmosphere’, the amount of energy stored is in huge amounts. This battery has applications in things like: superconductors and super-oxidizing materials. And, of course with the amount of energy stored, it is nothing, but an energy bomb.
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