Yang Yajing, Huang Shuai, Ma Yanduo, Yi Jie, Jiang Yuchun, Chang Xiaohong, Li Quan
Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory for Green Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry of Advanced Materials, College of Chemistry, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China.
Institute of Advanced Materials and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2022 Aug 10;14(31):35623-35634. doi: 10.1021/acsami.2c07870. Epub 2022 Aug 2.
A series of liquid and photoliquefiable azobenzene (Azo) derivatives (Azo-C-Br) have been synthesized for molecular solar thermal fuels. Each of the liquid and photoliquefiable azo derivatives shows a high degree of isomerization, a fast isomerization rate, a long half-life, an appropriate energy storage density, and a solvent-free "charging" and "discharging" process. The photoliquefied azo derivatives can isomerize upon UV light irradiation at low temperatures to give the "UV-charged" azo ones. Therefore, the phase transition enthalpy is stored simultaneously along with the isomerization enthalpy. The "UV-charged" azo derivatives are capable of releasing heat under the manipulation of blue light.
一系列用于分子太阳能热燃料的液体和可光液化的偶氮苯(Azo)衍生物(Azo-C-Br)已被合成。每种液体和可光液化的偶氮衍生物都表现出高度的异构化、快速的异构化速率、长的半衰期、合适的储能密度以及无溶剂的“充电”和“放电”过程。光液化的偶氮衍生物在低温下经紫外光照射可异构化,得到“紫外充电”的偶氮衍生物。因此,相变焓与异构化焓同时被储存。“紫外充电”的偶氮衍生物能够在蓝光的作用下释放热量。