Lorette Fernandez

Molecular solar thermal energy storage in Dewar pyrimidone beyond 1.6 MJ/kg Storing sunlight in a compact and rechargeable form remains a central challenge for solar energy utilization. Molecular solar thermal (MOST) energy storage systems, which harness photon energy and rel...

Exciting chemsky work out First Release in @science.org from @gracegdhan.bsky.social and collaborators, scrunching up pyrimidones so tight with UV light that the strain release can boil water!

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

12.02.2026 19:34 — 👍 26    🔁 10    💬 2    📌 1

Thanks @helenhoelzel.bsky.social @pmendoncaferreira.bsky.social @nibaggi.bsky.social @kevinmor.bsky.social @zhihang-wang.bsky.social and @moth-poulsen.bsky.social for your contribution to this work

@upc.edu @icmabcsic.bsky.social

16.10.2025 08:38 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

How about a greener alternative medium for molecular solar thermal energy storage!?🌊🌊☀️

Have a look at our latest work "Surfactant-enabled strategy for molecular solar thermal energy storage systems in water"

(✨📚First paper as first author!✨)

pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

#chemsky #molswitch

16.10.2025 08:35 — 👍 13    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0

Thanks @moth-poulsen.bsky.social

@pmendoncaferreira.bsky.social @paulgueben.bsky.social @rebecca-salthouse.bsky.social
@upc.edu

27.06.2025 01:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This week I had the opportunity to attend the great GRC Artificial Molecular Switches and Motors at Colby-Sawyer College, ☀️New Hampshire. A very enriching experience, full of interesting topics, meetings and fun!!🧪🏓🦐
#photoswitches #molswitch #chemsky

27.06.2025 01:25 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

we are now an official research group at UPC :-)

#molecularmaterials group - MOMA

eq.upc.edu/en/Research/...

17.12.2024 11:38 — 👍 15    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Earlier this year, we showed how #photoswitches can add storage and efficiency to photovoltaics. You can read the paper in Joule here #openaccess

www.cell.com/joule/pdf/S2...

And a nice article about the work in #Chemistryworld

www.chemistryworld.com/news/photosw...

24.11.2024 10:59 — 👍 21    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0