Form-stable phase change composites: Preparation, performance, and applications for thermal energy conversion, storage and management

MQ Wu, S Wu, YF Cai, RZ Wang, TX Li - Energy Storage Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) have been extensively characterized as promising energy
materials for thermal energy storage and thermal management to address the mismatch …

Developments in organic solid–liquid phase change materials and their applications in thermal energy storage

RK Sharma, P Ganesan, VV Tyagi… - Energy conversion and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage as sensible or latent heat is an efficient way to conserve the waste
heat and excess energy available such as solar radiation. Storage of latent heat using …

Organic phase change materials and their textile applications: an overview

N Sarier, E Onder - Thermochimica acta, 2012 - Elsevier
An organic phase change material (PCM) possesses the ability to absorb and release large
quantity of latent heat during a phase change process over a certain temperature range. The …

Review on microencapsulated phase change materials (MEPCMs): fabrication, characterization and applications

CY Zhao, GH Zhang - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
The use of latent heat storage, microencapsulated phase change materials (MEPCMs), is
one of the most efficient ways of storing thermal energy and it has received a growing …

Smart textile‐based personal thermal comfort systems: current status and potential solutions

J Tabor, K Chatterjee, TK Ghosh - Advanced Materials …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Thermophysiological comfort in humans is sought universally but seldom achieved due to
biological and physiological variances. Most people in developed parts of the world rely on …

Fabrications, classifications, and environmental impact of PCM-incorporated textiles: current state and future outlook

MT Hossain, MA Shahid, MY Ali, S Saha, MSI Jamal… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Phase change materials (PCMs) are an extraordinary family of compounds that can store
and release thermal energy during phase changes. In recent years, the incorporation of …

Phase change materials, their synthesis and application in textiles—a review

K Iqbal, A Khan, D Sun, M Ashraf… - The journal of the …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Phase change materials (PCMs) are widely being used in thermal energy storage systems
for solar engineering, building materials, heat pumps, spacecraft, and in textile field …

Personal cooling garments and phase change materials: A review

E Rahimi, A Babapoor, G Moradi, S Kalantary… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the modern world, climate change and global warming are serious problems. The thermal
management of the human body under these conditions, especially during physical activity …

Phase change materials meet microfluidic encapsulation

Y Guo, T Hou, J Wang, Y Yan, W Li, Y Ren… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Improving the utilization of thermal energy is crucial in the world nowadays due to the high
levels of energy consumption. One way to achieve this is to use phase change materials …

Electrospun phase change fibers based on polyethylene glycol/cellulose acetate blends

C Chen, L Wang, Y Huang - Applied Energy, 2011 - Elsevier
Ultrafine phase change fibers based on polyethylene glycol (PEG)/cellulose acetate (CA)
blends in which PEG acts as a model phase change material (PCM) and CA acts as a …