Digital Quantum Batteries (confidental) Alfred W. Hubler and Onyeama Osuagwu Center for Complex Systems Research, UIUC hubler.alfred@gmail.com Energy storage in arrays of nano junctions: design prevents tunneling and electrical breakdown; each element can be individually charged/discharged, as in a flash drive; can be part of integrated circuits, CPUs, sensors; high energy density > 1 GJ/m3 (200 kJ/kg), high power density; charging-discharging rates in the THz range, and exceed number of charging cycles of chemical batteries and conventional capacitors by orders of magnitude; fully operational in a large temperature range (from absolute zero to electrode melting temperature) and no thermal run-away; high capacitance, small leak currents (theoretical decay time: thousands of years). open problem: experimental verification of energy density for nano gaps http://www.physics.uiuc.edu/people/Hubler/ http://server10.how-why.com/blog/ Digital batteries are similar to flash drives: flash drives store charge, while digital batteries store energy