Micro/nano-encapsulated phase-change materials (ePCMs) for solar photothermal absorption and storage: Fundamentals, recent advances, and future directions

SA Albdour, Z Haddad, OZ Sharaf, A Alazzam… - Progress in Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Building on their dual functionality for solar photothermal absorption and storage,
slurries/dispersions of micro/nano-encapsulated phase-change materials (ePCMs) are …

A comprehensive review on phase change materials for heat storage applications: Development, characterization, thermal and chemical stability

VV Tyagi, K Chopra, RK Sharma, AK Pandey… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) utilized for thermal energy storage applications are verified
to be a promising technology due to their larger benefits over other heat storage techniques …

[HTML][HTML] Encapsulation methods for phase change materials–A critical review

Y Huang, A Stonehouse, C Abeykoon - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2023 - Elsevier
Currently, non-renewable resources are heavily consumed, leading to increased global
warming resulting from the production of carbon dioxide etc., phase change materials …

Novel strategies and supporting materials applied to shape-stabilize organic phase change materials for thermal energy storage–A review

MM Umair, Y Zhang, K Iqbal, S Zhang, B Tang - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Energy from renewable resources is a major concern nowadays and is being addressed by
researchers over the globe to overcome the energy crises. Organic phase change materials …

Polyurethane foams: Past, present, and future

NV Gama, A Ferreira, A Barros-Timmons - Materials, 2018 - mdpi.com
Polymeric foams can be found virtually everywhere due to their advantageous properties
compared with counterparts materials. Possibly the most important class of polymeric foams …

Shape stabilized phase change materials based on different support structures for thermal energy storage applications–A review

V Chinnasamy, J Heo, S Jung, H Lee, H Cho - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage systems play a crucial role in energy conservation and balancing
energy demand/supply. Recent thermal storage techniques and novel strategies have …

Thermal properties and applications of microencapsulated PCM for thermal energy storage: A review

X Huang, C Zhu, Y Lin, G Fang - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCM) are characterized by storing a large amount of thermal
energy while changing from one phase to another phase (normally solid–liquid states) at a …

Review of solid–liquid phase change materials and their encapsulation technologies

W Su, J Darkwa, G Kokogiannakis - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
Various types of solid–liquid phase change materials (PCMs) have been reviewed for
thermal energy storage applications. The review has shown that organic solid–liquid PCMs …

Application of phase change materials for thermal energy storage in concentrated solar thermal power plants: a review to recent developments

B Xu, P Li, C Chan - Applied Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
The objective of this paper is to review the recent technologies of thermal energy storage
(TES) using phase change materials (PCM) for various applications, particularly …

Phase change materials for thermal energy storage

K Pielichowska, K Pielichowski - Progress in materials science, 2014 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) used for the storage of thermal energy as sensible and
latent heat are an important class of modern materials which substantially contribute to the …