Azobenzene-functionalized carbon nanotubes as high-energy density solar thermal fuels

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3156-3162

  Kolpak, Alexie M ^a   Grossman, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; density functional theory; photoswitch; renewable energy; Solar thermal fuel

Indexed keywords

CYCLABLE; DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; ENERGY STORAGE CAPACITY; HIGH-ENERGY DENSITIES; LI-ION BATTERIES; MOLECULAR BONDS; NANO SCALE; PHOTOSWITCH; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLAR THERMAL; THERMALLY STABLE; VOLUMETRIC ENERGY DENSITIES;

CARBON NANOTUBES; FUELS; SOLAR HEATING; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 80051626186     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl201357n     Document Type: Article

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