Molecular solar thermal energy storage properties of photochromic molecules physisorbed onto nanoparticles

摘要

In this study, we present the changes in molecular solar thermal energy storage properties of the 3-amino-substituted-dihydroazulene/vinylheptafulvene photo- and thermochromic system induced by physisorption of the system onto different nanoparticles. The calculations are carried out with a combined quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical method where the molecules are described by density functional theory. The nanoparticles are represented using molecular mechanics.