Compounds are provided comprising at least one neutral, positive, or
negative hydrogen species having a binding energy greater than its
corresponding ordinary hydrogen species, or greater than any hydrogen
species for which the corresponding ordinary hydrogen species is unstable
or is not observed. Compounds comprise at least one increased binding
energy hydrogen species and at least one other atom, molecule, or ion
other than an increased binding energy hydrogen species. One group of
such compounds contains one or more increased binding energy hydrogen
species selected from the group consisting of H.sub.n, H.sub.n.sup.-, and
H.sub.n.sup.+ where n is an integer from one to three. Applications of
the compounds include use in batteries, fuel cells, cutting materials,
light weight high strength structural materials and synthetic fibers,
cathodes for thermionic generators, photoluminescent compounds, corrosion
resistant coatings, heat resistant coatings, phosphors for lighting,
optical coatings, optical filters, extreme ultraviolet laser media, fiber
optic cables, magnets and magnetic computer storage media, and etching
agents, masking agents, dopants in semiconductor fabrication, and fuels.
Increased binding energy hydrogen compounds are useful in chemical
synthetic processing methods and refining methods. The increased binding
energy hydrogen ion has application as the negative ion of the
electrolyte of a high voltage electrolytic cell.