Energy density Extended Reference Table

This is an extended version of the energy density table from the main Energy density page.

Energy densities table

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[ citation needed ]
Octaazacubane potential explosive	22.9 [4]
Hydrogen + oxygen	13.4 [5]
Gasoline + oxygen	13.3[ citation needed ]
Dinitroacetylene explosive – computed[ citation needed ]	9.8
Octanitrocubane explosive	8.5 [6]	16.9[ citation needed ]
Tetranitrotetrahedrane explosive – computed[ citation needed ]	8.3
Heptanitrocubane explosive – computed[ citation needed ]	8.2
Sodium (reacted with chlorine)[ citation needed ]	7.0349
Hexanitrobenzene explosive	7 [7]
Tetranitrocubane explosive – computed[ citation needed ]	6.95
Ammonal (Al+NH4NO3 oxidizer)[ citation needed ]	6.9	12.7
Tetranitromethane + hydrazine bipropellant – computed[ citation needed ]	6.6
Nitroglycerin	6.38 [8]	10.2 [9]
ANFO–ANNM [ citation needed ]	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)[ citation needed ]	4.13	20.9
Thermite (powder Al + Fe2O3 as oxidizer)	4.00	18.4
ANFO [ citation needed ]	3.7
Hydrogen peroxide decomposition (as monopropellant)	2.7	3.8
Li-ion nanowire battery	2.54	29		95%[ clarification needed ] [12]
Lithium thionyl chloride battery [13]	2.5
Water (220.64 bar, 373.8 °C)[ citation needed ][ clarification needed ]	1.968	0.708
Kinetic energy penetrator [ clarification needed ]	1.9	30
Lithium–sulfur battery [14]	1.80 [15]	1.26
Fluoride-ion battery [ citation needed ]	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[ citation needed ]			98% [17]
Molecular spring (approximate)[ citation needed ]	1
Lithium metal battery [18] [19]	0.83-1.01	1.98-2.09
Sodium–sulfur battery	0.72 [20] [ better source needed ]	1.23[ citation needed ]		85% [21]
Lithium-ion battery [22] [23]	0.46–0.72	0.83–3.6 [24]		95% [25]
Sodium–nickel chloride battery, high temperature[ vague ]	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[ clarification needed ]	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[ citation needed ]	0.1188		7070-75%
Vanadium bromide redox battery	0.18	0.252		80%–90% [31]
Ultracapacitor	0.0199 [32]	0.050[ citation needed ]
Supercapacitor	0.01[ citation needed ]		80%–98.5% [33]	39%–70% [33]
Superconducting magnetic energy storage	0	0.008 [34] [ bare URL ]		>95%
Capacitor	0.002 [35]
Neodymium magnet		0.003 [36]
Ferrite magnet		0.0003 [36]
Spring power (clock spring), torsion spring	0.0003[ citation needed ]	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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