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Criteria for the Efficiency, Stability, and Capacity of Abiotic Photochemical Solar Energy Storage Systems
Author(s) -
Scharf HansDieter,
Fleischhauer Jörg,
Leismann Hans,
Ressler Ingrid,
Schleker Wolfgang,
Weitz Robert
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.197906521
Subject(s) - photoisomerization , chemistry , photodissociation , photochemistry , vinyl chloride , norbornadiene , solar energy , abiotic component , light energy , organic chemistry , physics , catalysis , optics , isomerization , ecology , polymer , copolymer , biology , paleontology
The utilization of simple photochemical reactions for the storage of solar energy in the form of chemical energy in energy‐rich products has often been considered in the further development and improvement of e. g. simple thermosolar techniques. The hitherto proposed criteria for the qualification of an abiotic photochemical system are, however, mostly of a qualitative nature, so a mutal comparison of the systems is not precise enough. In this article it is shown how a useful correlation on the basis of time‐independent experimental data can be achieved and how, from the viewpoint of photochemistry, a comparative classification of known reactions is possible. The following reactions are compared: the [2 + 2]‐photocycloadditions of norbornadiene, dimethyl 2,3‐norbornadienedicarboxylate, and dicyclopentadienone, the photoisomerization of trans ‐ to cis ‐diacetylindigo, the photodissociation of nitrosyl chloride as well as a photocatalytic redox reaction. The quantity of material required and storage efficiency are by far the most favorable in the case of trans ‐diacetylindigo. The main disadvantage of the latter however, is that the energy‐rich cis ‐from rapidly reverts to the stable trans ‐form at elevated temperatures.