Multichromophoric photoswitches for solar energy storage: from azobenzene to norbornadiene, and MOST things in between

RJ Salthouse, K Moth-Poulsen - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The ever-increasing global demands for energy supply and storage have led to numerous
research efforts into finding and developing renewable energy technologies. Molecular solar …

Sunlight driven E–Z isomerization of liquid crystals based on hexahydroxytriphenylene nano-templates for enhanced solid-state solar thermal energy storage

M Gupta, AK KM - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar thermal fuels (STFs) are increasingly pivotal in addressing global energy demands,
yet their widespread adoption is hindered by challenges such as low energy density, short …

Template-Assisted Visible Light-Induced [2+ 2] Photodimerization in a Pseudopolymorphic Binary Solid: Topotactic Transformation vs Photoinduced Crystal Melting

MR Ahsan, H Varma, MK Mishra… - Crystal Growth & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
[2+ 2] Photodimerization has been an evergreen topic in organic crystal engineering for a
long time. Recent exploitation of an age-old molecule of benzilic acid (BZA) as a template to …

Bifunctional energy materials based on cellulose ionic complexes toward low-grade heat and photon energy storage

L Zhang, J Gu, G Zhang, Q Du, H Liu, X Luo… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Discovering energy materials for low-grade heat and photon energy storage would advance
the energy utilization from natural resources. Here, the ionic complexes based on cellulose …

Tailoring effect of aliphatic chain on the energy storage ability of azobenzene-containing surfactants

L Jiang, Z Wu, H Liu, L Zhang, X Luo - Applied Materials Today, 2025 - Elsevier
Photon energy storage and low-grade heat collection are important for the sustainable
energy utilization, which could be achieved by the development of photoswitches-based …

Property Tuning in N‐Methylpyrrole Azo‐Photoswitches via Modification of the Peripheral Substituents

V Jelínková, A Dellai, L Verwaerde… - … –A European Journal - Wiley Online Library
Differently substituted pyrrole‐azo‑benzene molecular photoswitches were prepared in a
straightforward synthetic way. Their fundamental properties were investigated by XRD …