Templated assembly of photoswitches significantly increases the energy-storage capacity of solar thermal fuels

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 441-447

  Kucharski, Timothy J ^a,b   Ferralis, Nicola ^a   Kolpak, Alexie M ^a   Zheng, Jennie O ^a   Nocera, Daniel G ^b   Grossman, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84899077513     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1918     Document Type: Article

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