Electrochemically controlled energy release from a norbornadiene-based solar thermal fuel: increasing the reversibility to 99.8% using HOPG as the electrode material
Fabian Waidhas, Martyn Jevric, Michael Bosch, Tian Yang, Evanie Franz, Zhi Liu, Julien Bachmann, Kasper Moth‐Poulsen, Olaf Brummel, Jörg Libuda
Abstract
Solar energy conversion using molecular photoswitches holds great potential to store energy from sunlight in the form of chemical energy in a process that can be easily implemented in a direct solar energy storage device.
Topics & Concepts
NorbornadieneSolar energyEnergy storageThermalMaterials scienceEnergy transformationChemical energyThermal energySolar fuelElectrodeThermal energy storageChemical engineeringOptoelectronicsNanotechnologyChemistryPhysicsOrganic chemistryThermodynamicsElectrical engineeringPhysical chemistryCatalysisEngineeringPhotocatalysisPower (physics)Advanced battery technologies researchAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion