Mohammad Ali Khan1 and Christopher Greenfield2, 1Department of Physics Undergraduate, 19th St - Al Safa - Al Safa 1 - Dubai, 2Department of Astrophysics, 19th St - Al Safa - Al Safa 1 - Dubai
For decades, fusion energy has been hindered by one major limitation: plasma containment time. Traditional tokamak designs rely on lithium as a plasma-facing material, but lithium suffers from rapid neutron interactions, excessive cooling, and material degradation. It is severely limiting plasma sustainment and energy efficiency. By applying quantum mechanics—specifically the momentum operator, de Broglie wavelength, and Planck’s radiation law—we identified xenon as a superior alternative due to its high atomic mass, low reactivity, and ability to suppress radiative losses. Our solution? A matrix of xenon and lithium that combines the neutron-absorbing benefits of lithium with the stability and wave-diffraction properties of xenon. This approach minimizes plasma losses, extends containment time beyond 30 minutes to over an hour : eliminates lithium’s cooling drawback. By overcoming fusion’s greatest bottleneck, this breakthrough paves the way for commercially viable fusion energy, something the industry has yet to achieve. settings.
Materials and Structural Analyses, Nuclear Fusion, Energy Storage, Plasma.
