Energy density Extended Reference Table
This is an extended version of the energy density table from the main Energy density page.
| Storage type | Specific energy (MJ/kg) | Energy density (MJ/L) | Peak recovery efficiency % | Practical recovery efficiency % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbitrary antimatter | 89,875,517,874 | depends on density | ||
| Deuterium–tritium fusion | 576,000,000[1] | |||
| Uranium-235 fissile isotope | 144,000,000[1] | 1,500,000,000 | ||
| Natural uranium (99.3% U-238, 0.7% U-235) in fast breeder reactor | 86,000,000 | |||
| Reactor-grade uranium (3.5% U-235) in light-water reactor | 3,456,000 | 35% | ||
| Pu-238 α-decay | 2,200,000 | |||
| Hf-178m2 isomer | 1,326,000 | 17,649,060 | ||
| Natural uranium (0.7% U235) in light-water reactor | 443,000 | 35% | ||
| Ta-180m isomer | 41,340 | 689,964 | ||
| Metallic hydrogen (recombination energy) | 216[2] | |||
| Specific orbital energy of low Earth orbit (approximate) | 33.0 | |||
| Beryllium + oxygen | 23.9[3] | |||
| Lithium + fluorine | 23.75 | |||
| Octaazacubane potential explosive | 22.9[4] | |||
| Hydrogen + oxygen | 13.4[5] | |||
| Gasoline + oxygen | 13.3 | |||
| Dinitroacetylene explosive – computed | 9.8 | |||
| Octanitrocubane explosive | 8.5[6] | 16.9 | ||
| Tetranitrotetrahedrane explosive – computed | 8.3 | |||
| Heptanitrocubane explosive – computed | 8.2 | |||
| Sodium (reacted with chlorine) | 7.0349 | |||
| Hexanitrobenzene explosive | 7[7] | |||
| Tetranitrocubane explosive – computed | 6.95 | |||
| Ammonal (Al+NH4NO3 oxidizer) | 6.9 | 12.7 | ||
| Tetranitromethane + hydrazine bipropellant – computed | 6.6 | |||
| Nitroglycerin | 6.38[8] | 10.2[9] | ||
| ANFO–ANNM | 6.26 | |||
| Lithium–air battery | 6.12 | |||
| Octogen (HMX) | 5.7[8] | 10.8[10] | ||
| TNT[11] | 4.610 | 6.92 | ||
| Copper Thermite (Al + CuO as oxidizer) | 4.13 | 20.9 | ||
| Thermite (powder Al + Fe2O3 as oxidizer) | 4.00 | 18.4 | ||
| ANFO | 3.7 | |||
| Hydrogen peroxide decomposition (as monopropellant) | 2.7 | 3.8 | ||
| Li-ion nanowire battery | 2.54 | 95%[12] | ||
| Lithium thionyl chloride battery[13] | 2.5 | |||
| Water (220.64 bar, 373.8 °C) | 1.968 | 0.708 | ||
| Kinetic energy penetrator | 1.9 | 30 | ||
| Lithium–sulfur battery[14] | 1.80[15] | 1.26 | ||
| Fluoride-ion battery | 1.7 | 2.8 | ||
| Hydrogen closed cycle fuel cell[16] | 1.62 | |||
| Hydrazine decomposition (as monopropellant) | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| Ammonium nitrate decomposition (as monopropellant) | 1.4 | 2.5 | ||
| Molten salt | 1 | 98%[17] | ||
| Molecular spring (approximate) | 1 | |||
| Lithium metal battery[18][19] | 0.83-1.01 | 1.98-2.09 | ||
| Sodium–sulfur battery | 0.72[20] | 1.23 | 85%[21] | |
| Lithium-ion battery[22][23] | 0.46–0.72 | 0.83–3.6[24] | 95%[25] | |
| Sodium–nickel chloride battery, high temperature | 0.56 | |||
| Zinc–manganese (alkaline) battery, long life design[18][22] | 0.4-0.59 | 1.15-1.43 | ||
| Silver-oxide battery[18] | 0.47 | 1.8 | ||
| Flywheel | 0.36–0.5[26][27] | |||
| 5.56 × 45 mm NATO bullet muzzle energy density | 0.4 | 3.2 | ||
| Nickel–metal hydride battery (NiMH), low power design as used in consumer batteries[28] | 0.4 | 1.55 | ||
| Liquid nitrogen | 0.349 | |||
| Water – enthalpy of fusion | 0.334 | 0.334 | ||
| Zinc–bromine flow battery (ZnBr)[29] | 0.27 | |||
| Nickel–metal hydride battery (NiMH), high-power design as used in cars[30] | 0.250 | 0.493 | ||
| Nickel–cadmium battery (NiCd)[22] | 0.14 | 1.08 | 80%[25] | |
| [22] || 0.13 || 0.331 || || | ||||
| Lead–acid battery[22] | 0.14 | 0.36 | ||
| Vanadium redox battery | 0.09 | 0.1188 | 70-75% | |
| Vanadium bromide redox battery | 0.18 | 0.252 | 80%–90%[31] | |
| Ultracapacitor | 0.0199[32] | 0.050 | ||
| Supercapacitor | 0.01 | 80%–98.5%[33] | 39%–70%[33] | |
| Superconducting magnetic energy storage | 0.008[34] | >95% | ||
| Capacitor | 0.002[35] | |||
| Neodymium magnet | 0.003[36] | |||
| Ferrite magnet | 0.0003[36] | |||
| Spring power (clock spring), torsion spring | 0.0003 | 0.0006 | ||
| Storage type | Energy density by mass (MJ/kg) | Energy density by volume (MJ/L) | Peak recovery efficiency % | Practical recovery efficiency % |
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