Energy conversion and storage via photoinduced polarization change in non-ferroelectric molecular [CoGa] crystals

  • Sadhukhan, Pritam
    Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering & IRCCS, Kyushu University
  • Wu, Shu-Qi
    Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering & IRCCS, Kyushu University
  • Kanegawa, Shinji
    Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering & IRCCS, Kyushu University
  • Su, Sheng-Qun
    Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering & IRCCS, Kyushu University
  • Zhang, Xiaopeng
    Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering & IRCCS, Kyushu University
  • Nakanishi, Takumi
    Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering & IRCCS, Kyushu University
  • Long, Jeremy Ian
    Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering & IRCCS, Kyushu University
  • Gao, Kaige
    College of Physical Science and Technology, Yangzhou University
  • Shimada, Rintaro
    Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University
  • Okajima, Hajime
    Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University
  • Sakamoto, Akira
    Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University
  • Chiappella, Joy G.
    The Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester The Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester at Harwell
  • Huzan, Myron S.
    The Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester The Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester at Harwell
  • Kroll, Thomas
    Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University
  • Sokaras, Dimosthenis
    Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University
  • Baker, Michael L.
    The Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester The Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester at Harwell
  • Sato, Osamu
    Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering & IRCCS, Kyushu University

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To alleviate the energy and environmental crisis, in the last decades, energy harvesting by utilizing optical control has emerged as a promising solution. Here we report a polar crystal that exhibits photoenergy conversion and energy storage upon light irradiation. The polar crystal consists of dinuclear [CoGa] molecules, which are oriented in a uniform direction inside the crystal lattice. Irradiation with green light induces a directional intramolecular electron transfer from the ligand to a low-spin Co^III centre, and the resultant light-induced high-spin Co^II excited state is trapped at low temperature, realizing energy storage. Additionally, electric current release is observed during relaxation from the trapped light-induced metastable state to the ground state, because the intramolecular electron transfer in the relaxation process is accompanied with macroscopic polarization switching at the single-crystal level. It demonstrates that energy storage and conversion to electrical energy is realized in the [CoGa] crystals, which is different from typical polar pyroelectric compounds that exhibit the conversion of thermal energy into electricity.

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