Issue 99, 2014
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Chemical Communications

A liquid azobenzene derivative as a solvent-free solar thermal fuel†

Kouta Masutani,a   Masa-aki Morikawa*ab  and  Nobuo Kimizuka*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
E-mail: mmasa@mail.cstm.kyushu-u.ac.jp, n-kimi@mail.cstm.kyushu-u.ac.jp
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b Center for Molecular Systems (CMS), Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan

Abstract

A liquid solar thermal fuel is developed; a low-molecular weight liquid trans-azobenzene derivative shows facile photoisomerization to the higher-energy cis-isomer in neat condition so that a high volumetric energy density is achieved. Shear viscosity measurements for each isomer liquid unveiled transitions from non-Newtonian to Newtonian fluids.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC07713J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
30 Sep 2014
Accepted
30 Oct 2014
First published
30 Oct 2014

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 15803-15806

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K. Masutani, M. Morikawa and N. Kimizuka, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 15803 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC07713J

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