Energy Storage: Flexible Solar Thermal Fuel Devices: Composites of Fabric and a Photoliquefiable Azobenzene Derivative (Adv. Energy Mater. 37/2019)

In article number 1901363, Haifeng Yu and co-workers report a flexible and large-scale produced solar thermal fuel device, by compositing a photoliquefiable azobenzene derivative and a fabric template. Solar energy can be controllably and repeatedly stored in the device and released as heat due to the photoisomerization and phase transition of the photoliquefiable azobenzene derivative.