The capturing of solar energy, holding it in a liquid state, and then releasing it as needed as heat, has been demonstrated at the laboratory scale by technologists.
Solar energy remains regarded by many as the main energy capture form of the future. However, the process is hampered by relative inefficiencies in terms of power conversion and with energy storage. There are also problems with the release of energy, making current technologies less adaptable to ‘energy on demand’ scenarios.
To allow captured solar energy to be stored and released as required the researchers have shown how solar energy can be transformed into energy stored in the bonds of a chemical fluid. This becomes what is termed a “molecular solar thermal system.” Key to this is the liquid used and a number of organic compounds have been scrutinized for this purpose, such as the norbornadiene-quadricyclane system Here organometallic-diruthenium compounds have shown promising solar energy conversion and storage properties, which is a product of their inherent stability and large energy storage enthalpies (a measurement of energy in a thermodynamic system).
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