Tuning the photochemical properties of the fulvalene-tetracarbonyl-diruthenium system.
In a Molecular Solar-Thermal Energy Storage (MOST) system, solar energy is converted to chemical energy using a compound that undergoes reversible endothermic photoisomerization. The high-energy photoisomer can later be converted back to the parent compound and the excess energy is released as heat. One of the most studied MOST systems is based on fulvalene-tetracarbonyl-diruthenium, and this paper demonstrates, for the first time, the possibility to tune the photochemical properties of this system by positive steric hindrance working on the fulvalene unit.
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemigården 4, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden. asper.moth-poulsen@chalmers.se.
Anders
A
Lennartson
Angelica
A
Lundin
Karl
K
Börjesson
Victor
V
Gray
Kasper
K
Moth-Poulsen