Molecular solar thermal (MOST) fuels have attracted enormous research enthusiasm in solar
energy conversion and storage, which can generate high-energy isomers upon harvesting …

Azobenzenes (Ph-N═ N-Ph) are known as the most widely studied molecular
photoswitches, and the recent rise of azoheteroarenes (Het-N═ N-Ph or Het-N═ N-Het) …

Molecular solar thermal (MOST) materials, which can efficiently capture solar energy and
release it as heat on demand, are promising candidates for future personal thermal …

Phase change materials (PCMs) show great promise for thermal energy storage and thermal
management. However, some critical challenges remain due to the difficulty in tuning solid …

Seasonal thermal energy storage within organic phase change materials (PCMs) offers a
promising way to solve intermittency of renewable energy, but the charged PCMs tend to …

Following the progress on mono‐heteroaryl azo switches (Het‐N= N‐Ph), a few bis‐
heteroaryl azo switches (Het‐N= N‐Het) have been studied recently, whereas the …

Solar–thermal fuels (STFs) based on photoresponsive molecules, which can harvest and
store solar energy by the configurational change of molecules and can release it in the form …

A visible‐light responsive ionic liquid crystalline (LC) system based on gallic ester and tetra‐
ortho‐substituted azobenzene is designed and synthesized. All the prepared derivatives …

Efficient solar thermal energy storage and release via molecular solar thermal (MOST) fuels
is essential to meet the ever-increasing global energy demands. However, most reported …

Donor-acceptor styrylpyrylium derivatives are reported to absorb visible light to undergo
intermolecular [2+ 2] cycloaddition to form cyclobutane structures in crystal, storing up to 42 …