"Functional molecular photoswitches for energy storage and beyond 2024" conference at UPC Barcelona organized by Kasper Moth-Poulsen's group. Conference link: https://twitter.com/Switches4Energy More information on MOST research: https://www.moth-poulsen.com/

Recorded at the Boma France Campfire 2019 More information on https://fr.boma.global Kasper Moth-Poulsen is a professor in Nanomaterials Chemistry at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. His research interests are focused on emission free solar energy storage technologies. Prof. Moth-Poulsen graduated from University of Copenhagen (Denmark), and worked as a post doctoral Scholar at UC Berkeley (California) before moving to Sweden in 2011. He has received several prestigious grants and awards, including an ERC Starting Grant, a K&A Wallenberg fellow grant and a future research leaders grant from the Swedish Strategic Research Foundation.

On a cold but sunny roof at Chalmers, researcher Kasper Moth-Poulsen could for the first time demonstrate that his specially designed molecules can transform sunlight into blue light – something that can be of great importance for future solar cells. Among the spectators was King Carl XVI Gustaf, who honoured Chalmers with a visit.​ VIDEO: Kommunikation och marknad, Chalmers MUSIK: Björn Olsson

A window film with a specially designed molecule could be capable of taking the edge off the worst midday heat and instead distributing it evenly from morning to evening. The molecule has the unique ability to capture energy from the sun’s rays and release it later as heat. This is shown by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, in the scientific journal Advanced Science. https://www.chalmers.se/en/departments/chem/news/Pages/Window-film-could-even-out-the-indoor-temperature-using-solar-energy.aspx Petersen et al. Advanced Science, 2019, 1900367. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/advs.201900367 www.chalmers.se

The sun’s rays are a renewable energy source offering huge potential. Wallenberg Academy Fellow Kasper Moth-Poulsen, Chalmers University of Technology, is developing a promising new concept using artificial molecules that can capture, store and release solar energy, so that it can be used when the sun is not shining.

Att lagra solenergi är svårt. Ett sätt är att använda sig av kemiska reaktioner. Kasper Moth-Poulsen på Chalmers försöker hitta den perfekta molekylen för lagring. Med hjälp av isomerer, molekyler med samma kemiska formel men olika strukturer, lagras energin när bindningar bildas och frigörs när bindningarna bryts.

Allt levande på jorden är beroende av energi. Solen är jordens första och största energikälla men för att täcka det allt större behovet av energi har vi utvunnit energi från kol, olja, gas och kärnkraft. Men det har skett på bekostnad av miljön. Nu behövs nya, renare energikällor utvecklas. Runt om i Sverige pågår forskning för att hitta nya lösningar. Det handlar om allt från specialdesignade molekyler, unika nanomaterial, nya smarta solceller till konstgjord fotosyntes. Charlotte Platzer Björkman, Uppsala universitet Per Eklund, Linköpings universitet, Johannes Messenger, Umeå universitet och Kasper Moth Poulsen vid Chalmers.

FEATURING: Kasper Moth-Poulsen, Associate Professor, Chalmers MUSIC: Silhouettes, The OO-Ray VIDEO: Communications & Marketing, Chalmers