A comprehensive review on solar to thermal energy conversion and storage using phase change materials

BM Tripathi, SK Shukla, PKS Rathore - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
Renewable energy plays a pivotal role for mankind in the times of adverse climate change
and global warming. However, renewable energy such as solar energy comes with inherent …

Innovative design of microencapsulated phase change materials for thermal energy storage and versatile applications: a review

H Liu, X Wang, D Wu - Sustainable energy & fuels, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
As a class of thermal energy-storage materials, phase change materials (PCMs) play an
important role in sustainable development of economy and society with a rapid increase in …

Developments in phase change material (PCM) doped energy efficient polyurethane (PU) foam for perishable food cold-storage applications: A review

S Sarkar, S Mestry, ST Mhaske - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
Usage of thermo-regulative phase change material (PCM) doped polyurethane (PU) foam
(PU-PCM) as a building component in cold storage can promote electricity saving in terms of …

Review on using microencapsulated phase change materials (PCM) in building applications

Y Konuklu, M Ostry, HO Paksoy, P Charvat - Energy and Buildings, 2015 - Elsevier
Energy demand for heating and cooling of buildings can be minimized through usage of
thermal energy storage (TES) systems in building materials. TES in microencapsulated …

Nucleation triggering methods in supercooled phase change materials (PCM), a review

N Beaupere, U Soupremanien, L Zalewski - Thermochimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
Supercooling is an undesired property of phase change materials due to the poorly
predictable occurrence of crystallization during cooling. For such situations, the stored latent …

Icephobic surfaces: Definition and figures of merit

P Irajizad, S Nazifi, H Ghasemi - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2019 - Elsevier
Icephobic surfaces have a critical footprint on human daily lives ranging from aviation
systems and infrastructures to energy systems, but creation of these surfaces for low …

Emulsion and miniemulsion techniques in preparation of polymer nanoparticles with versatile characteristics

A Gharieh, S Khoee, AR Mahdavian - Advances in colloid and interface …, 2019 - Elsevier
In recent years, polymer nanoparticles (PNPs) have found their ways into numerous
applications extending from electronics to photonics, conducting materials to sensors and …

Worldwide trends on encapsulation of phase change materials: A bibliometric analysis (1990–2015)

A Yataganbaba, B Ozkahraman, I Kurtbas - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Context Science is not static! In light of this basic approach, it can be expressed clearly that
bibliometric methods or analysis has become an indispensable guide to be draw scientific …

Flexible phase change materials for thermal storage and temperature control

Q Sun, H Zhang, J Xue, X Yu, Y Yuan, X Cao - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Flexible phase-change materials (PCMs) have great potential applicability in thermal energy
storage and temperature control. A binary composite mixture comprising polyethylene …

Novel solid–solid phase change materials with biodegradable trihydroxy surfactants for thermal energy storage

X Fu, W Kong, Y Zhang, L Jiang, J Wang, J Lei - Rsc Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Polyurethane polymers were synthesized as novel solid–solid phase change materials
(SSPCMs) by bulk polyaddition in the absence of organic solvents, in which polyethylene …