Photoswitchable molecular rings for solar-thermal energy storage

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 854-860

  Durgun, E ^a,b   Grossman, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

azobenzene; density functional theory; photoswitch; renewable energy; solar thermal fuel

Indexed keywords

META-STABLE STATE; MOLECULAR RINGS; NEW APPROACHES; PHOTO-SWITCHABLE; PHOTOCONVERSION; PHOTOSWITCH; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLAR THERMAL;

AZOBENZENE; CHEMICAL BONDS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FUELS; HEAT STORAGE; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULES; SOLAR HEATING;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84875512208     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz301877n     Document Type: Article

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