Title: energy storage efficiency
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - energy storage efficiency
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.E02114
Status: current
Index: quantity

Definition
The rate of the Gibbs energy storage in an endothermic photochemical reaction divided by the incident irradiance.

Related Terms
- efficiency: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/E01902
- photochemical reaction: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/P04585

Source
- PAC, 1996, 68, 2223. 'Glossary of terms used in photochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)' on page 2240 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199668122223)

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- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/E02114/xml

Citation: Citation: 'energy storage efficiency' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.E02114
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