An interesting new development from Washington State University. Their scheme is a compression system, akin to the compressed-air storage systems, but on a molecular level with a vastly higher ratio between uncompressed and compressed states.
There are a few challenges to be overcome, however. First, the required compression currently can only be achieved in a laboratory diamond anvil compressor – which can only compress tiny quantities at a time. Secondly, the material used in the system is xenon difluoride (XeF2), a powerful chemical agent that's dangerous to handle. Despite the challenges, there are possibilities here...
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