Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Organic radicals stabilization above 300 °C in Eu-based coordination polymers for solar steam generation

  • Xinhe Ye,
  • Lai-Hon Chung,
  • Kedi Li,
  • Saili Zheng,
  • Yan-Lung Wong,
  • Zihao Feng,
  • Yonghe He,
  • Dandan Chu,
  • Zhengtao Xu,
  • Lin Yu,
  • Jun He

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33948-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Organic radicals have potential applications in a variety of fields, including energy conversion. Here, the authors report Eu-based coordination polymers that enable the stabilization of organic radicals up to 350 °C; these systems can be used to enhance solar steam generation.