Nano-enhanced phase change materials in latent heat thermal energy storage systems: a review

K Tofani, S Tiari - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Latent heat thermal energy storage systems (LHTES) are useful for solar energy storage and
many other applications, but there is an issue with phase change materials (PCMs) having …

A review of phase change materials and heat enhancement methodologies

M Saqib, R Andrzejczyk - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Phase change materials (PCMs) are an efficient alternative to store and release heat at a
specific range of temperature. Here PCMs and heat enhancement methodologies for PCM …

Coal-based ultrathin-wall graphitic porous carbon for high-performance form-stable phase change materials with enhanced thermal conductivity

X Zhu, Q Wang, S Kang, J Li, X Jia - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Creating coal-based new materials and finding their new applications are important for
sustainable chemistry and engineering of coals. Here, we prepared a new kind of coal …

Supercooling suppression and crystallization behaviour of erythritol/expanded graphite as form-stable phase change material

M Yuan, C Xu, T Wang, T Zhang, X Pan, F Ye - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
The serious supercooling of erythritol (ET) limits its application in the field of mid-
temperature thermal energy storage (TES), especially in the recently developed form-stable …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon foam composites containing carbon nanotubes and graphene oxide as additives for enhanced mechanical, thermal, electrical and catalytic properties

J Wang, M Khan, A Hussain, I Khan, A Nawaz… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Based on the versatile nature and applications of Carbon foam (CF), up to now many
attempts were performed to improve the structure and properties of CF by incorporating …

Biobased foams for thermal insulation: Material selection, processing, modelling, and performance

R Mort, K Vorst, G Curtzwiler, S Jiang - RSC advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
With the urgent need for the development of sustainable materials and a circular economy, a
surge of research regarding biobased materials and associated processing methods has …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal, mechanical, and photocatalytic dye degradation performances of the functionalized GO and TiO2 decorated carbon foam composites

MA Aslam, L Zhang, X Liu, Y Xu, N Li, P Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although pitch-derived carbon foam (CF) is not new, but the progress for enhanced thermal,
mechanical, and catalytic dye degradations need to be explored. Numerous works were …

Electronic and thermal properties of graphene

KY Rhee - Nanomaterials, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Recently, the development of nanotechnology has bloomed in numerous industries. In this
regard, graphene, a two-dimensional carbon nanomaterial, has been extensively …

Form-stable phase change composites based on nanofibrillated cellulose/polydopamine hybrid aerogels with extremely high energy storage density and improved …

Y Tan, X Du, Z Du, H Wang, X Cheng - RSC advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of form-stable phase change materials (PCMs) with superior photothermal
conversion efficiency and high phase change enthalpy is critical for the utilization of solar …

[HTML][HTML] Application of multi-scale pore regulation for high thermal conductivity foam reinforcements in energy storage

Z Jiao, S Li, K Zhou, S Bao, Y Yu, H Kang… - Composites Part A …, 2022 - Elsevier
A continuous diamond film layer was initially deposited on the surface of the foam skeleton
by chemical vapor deposition (CVD), followed by the vertical growth of carbon nanotubes …