Solar energy conversion and storage by photoswitchable organic materials in solution, liquid, solid, and changing phases
Qian‐Feng Qiu, Yuran Shi, Grace G. D. Han
Abstract
This review illustrates structural design principles for molecular solar thermal (MOST) energy storage materials based on photoswitches that operate in different phases or result in a solid–liquid phase transition during their photo-isomerization.
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceIsomerizationPhotochromismThermalThermal energy storageEnergy storageEnergy transformationPhase transitionNanotechnologyChemical engineeringProcess engineeringOrganic chemistryThermodynamicsChemistryCatalysisEngineeringPower (physics)PhysicsPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistrySupramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry