Biomass use and its implications for bioeconomy development: A resource efficiency perspective for the European countries

Ramanauske, Neringa; Baležentis, Tomas; Štreimikienė, Dalia

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122628

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“…With global energy demands increasing due to rising population levels and overconsumption, the need for renewable energy sources is higher than ever. [1,2] Wind power and photovoltaic energy are quickly becoming cheaper and more widely available, but, due to their intermittent nature, a major shortcoming of these techniques is the lack of possibilities to store the energy for future use. [3] Battery technology is progressing rapidly but requires critical materials, of which the supply chain is at constant risk of disruption while recycling without significant impact on the environment process is not yet possible.…”

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Push‐Pull Bis‐Norbornadienes for Solar Thermal Energy Storage

Weber,

Stindt,

van der Harten

et al. 2024

Chemistry A European J

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The norbornadiene/quadricyclane (NBD/QC) photoswitch pair represents a promising system for application in molecular solar thermal energy storage (MOST). Often, the NBD derivatives have very limited overlap with the solar spectrum, and substitution to redshift the absorption leads to a decrease in the gravimetric energy density. Dimeric systems mitigate this factor because two switches can ‘share’ a substituent. Here, we present five new NBD dimers with red‐shifted absorption spectra. One dimer features the most red‐shifted absorption onsets (539 nm) and a significantly red‐shifted absorption maximum (404 nm) for NBD systems reported so far, without compromising thermal half‐life. Promising properties for high‐performance MOST applications are demonstrated, such as high absorption onsets reaching 539 nm, and energy densities of 379 kJ/kg, while still maintaining long half‐lives of the metastable isomer, up to 23 hours at 25 °C.

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confidence: 99%