Molecular solar thermal energy storage properties of photochromic molecules physisorbed onto nanoparticles

Abstract In this study, we present the changes in molecular solar thermal energy storage properties of the 3-amino-substituted-dihydroazulene/vinylheptafulvene photo- and thermochromic system induced by physisorption of the system onto different nanoparticles. The calculations are carried out with a combined quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical method where the molecules are described by density functional theory. The nanoparticles are represented using molecular mechanics. We find that both the energy storage capability and back reaction barrier for the system can be influenced by the nanoparticles. The influence depends on the type of nanoparticle, the orientation of the molecular system, and the molecule-cluster separation.

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Chemical Physics Letters

• Publication date

  2019-10-16

• Fields of study

  Chemistry, Materials Science, Physics

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  DOI 10.1016/J.CPLETT.2019.136661
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