Azobenzene-containing polymer for solar thermal energy storage and release: Advances, challenges, and opportunities

X Xu, J Feng, WY Li, G Wang, W Feng, H Yu - Progress in Polymer Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Molecular solar thermal (MOST) fuels have attracted enormous research enthusiasm in solar
energy conversion and storage, which can generate high-energy isomers upon harvesting …

Optimizing the performance of phase-change azobenzene: from trial and error to machine learning

K Wang, H Yu, J Gao, Y Feng, W Feng - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular solar thermal (MOST) systems employ molecular photoswitches to store or
release solar energy as heat under specific conditions. Among these systems, azobenzene …

Flexible wearable fabrics for solar thermal energy storage and release in on-demand environments

X Xu, Y Xing, Y Yin, W Fang, B Wu, P Bei, J Feng… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Dialkyl carbonates enforce energy storage as new dielectric liquids

VV Chaban, NA Andreeva - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022 - Elsevier
The performance of energy storage devices depends essentially on the quality and
construction of their components. Capacitors store electrical charges being the most basic …

Aza-bicyclooctadiene/tetracyclooctane couples as promising photoswitches for molecular solar thermal energy storage applications

AA Sangolkar, M Faizan, KR Krishna… - … Systems Design & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The scrutiny of molecular photoswitches has received utmost attention owing to their
plethora of promising applications. A bicyclooctadiene/tetracyclooctane (BOD/TCO) couple …

State-of-the-art and challenges towards a Molecular Solar Thermal (MOST) energy storage device

A Giménez-Gómez, L Magson… - Reaction Chemistry & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The current global energy scenario calls for the urgent replacement of fossil fuels for
alternative, environmentally affordable, abundant and cheap energy sources. Among the …

The Effects of Solvent Dynamics on the Back Reaction of Solar–Thermal Energy Storage Systems

ILH Kjeldsen, JF Høvring… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We have investigated dynamic solvent effects on molecular solar–thermal energy storage
systems using models describing the effects of frequency dependent viscosities and …

[HTML][HTML] Novel route to enhance the thermo-optical performance of bicyclic diene photoswitches for solar thermal batteries

AA Sangolkar, RK Kadiyam… - Beilstein Journal of …, 2024 - beilstein-journals.org
Harnessing solar energy by employing chemical photoswitches in molecular solar thermal
(MOST) energy storage systems is a topic of appealing research interest. However …