Journal
NANO LETTERS
Volume 11, Issue 8, Pages 3156-3162Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nl201357n
Keywords
Solar thermal fuel; renewable energy; photoswitch; carbon nanotubes; density functional theory
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- MIT Energy Initiative
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Solar thermal fuels, which reversibly store solar energy in molecular bonds, are a tantalizing prospect for clean, renewable, and transportable energy conversion/storage. However, large-scale adoption requires enhanced energy storage capacity and thermal stability. Here we present a novel solar thermal fuel, composed of azobenzene-functionalized carbon nanotubes, with the volumetric energy density of Li-ion batteries. Our work also demonstrates that the inclusion of nanoscale templates is an effective strategy for design of highly cyclable, thermally stable, and energy-dense solar thermal fuels.
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