Fluorescent photochromic molecules that exhibit distinct light‐triggered changes in their
emission colors are highly desirable for the fabrication of smart soft materials and advanced …

Development of renewable energy technologies has been a significant area of research
amongst scientists with the aim of attaining a sustainable world society. Solar thermal fuels …

Molecular solar thermal (MOST) fuels have attracted enormous research enthusiasm in solar
energy conversion and storage, which can generate high-energy isomers upon harvesting …

Conspectus Renewable energy resources are mostly intermittent and not evenly distributed
geographically; for this reason, the development of new technologies for energy storage is in …

The energy storage mechanism of azobenzene is based on the transformation of molecular
cis and trans isomerization, while NBD/QC, DHA/VHF, and fulvalene dimetal complexes …

Photoswitching dynamics of common organic photoisomers in solid state are often reduced
compared to the solution state due to the close packing of molecules that limits structural …

Discovering physicochemical principles for simultaneous harvesting of multiform energy
from the environment will advance current sustainable energy technologies. Here we …

Photoswitches are organic or organometallic chromophores that undergo a reversible
chemical transformation upon absorption of light. Among the most commonly studied …

This review illustrates various structural design principles for molecular solar thermal
(MOST) energy storage materials based on photoswitches that operate under different …

Azo-based photoswitches have shown promise as molecular solar–thermal (MOST)
materials due to their ability to store energy in their metastable Z isomeric form. The energy …