Issue 9, 2012
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Energy & Environmental Science

Molecular solar thermal (MOST) energy storage and release system†

Kasper Moth-Poulsen,‡a   Dušan Ćoso,‡b   Karl Börjesson,a   Nikolai Vinokurov,c   Steven K. Meier,c   Arun Majumdar,b   K. Peter C. Vollhardtc  and  Rachel A. Segalman*d  

* Corresponding authors

a Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 4, Gothenburg, Sweden

b Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 4164 Etcheverry Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-1740, USA

c Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, 635 Latimer Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

d Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Berkeley, 201D Gilman Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-1462, USA
E-mail: segalman@berkeley.edu
Fax: +1 510 642 4778
Tel: +1 510 642 7998

Abstract

A device for solar energy storage and release based on a reversible chemical reaction is demonstrated. A highly soluble derivative of a (fulvalene)diruthenium (FvRu2) system is synthesized, capable of storing solar energy (110 J g−1) in the form of chemical bonds and then releasing it “on demand”, when excited thermally or catalytically. A microfluidic device is designed and constructed for both the photo-harvesting and the heat-utilization steps, allowing for the recycling of material.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2EE22426G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Jun 2012
Accepted
17 Jul 2012
First published
17 Jul 2012

Energy Environ. Sci., 2012,5, 8534-8537

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Molecular solar thermal (MOST) energy storage and release system

K. Moth-Poulsen, D. Ćoso, K. Börjesson, N. Vinokurov, S. K. Meier, A. Majumdar, K. P. C. Vollhardt and R. A. Segalman, Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 8534 DOI: 10.1039/C2EE22426G

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