Figure 4: Applications of photochromic carbon-based nanomaterials in solar thermal storage and memory devices. | Nature Communications

Figure 4: Applications of photochromic carbon-based nanomaterials in solar thermal storage and memory devices.

From: Coupling carbon nanomaterials with photochromic molecules for the generation of optically responsive materials

Figure 4

(a) Mechanism of solar thermal fuels based on azobenzene covalently linked to CNTs. Reproduced from ref. 104 (Copyright 2011 American Chemical Society). (b) Scheme for photochemical and photochemical/thermal cycling of azobenzene covalently attached to CNTs used for solar thermal fuels. Figure 4b is drawn according to ref. 20 (Copyright 2014 Nature Publishing Group). (c) Voltage-controlled non-volatile molecular memory devices by using an azobenzene monolayer as the active layer sandwiched between two rGO electrodes via a solution process, and memory-retention performances of the ON state and the OFF state. Reproduced from ref. 108 (Copyright 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.).

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