Xin Xiao

TL;DR: In this article, the impregnation ratios which reflect the actual mass fraction of pure paraffin impregnated were studied comparatively for the impregnations with and without vacuum assistance, and the surface porosity was obtained by employing the image processing approach.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the recent progress of the investigations and applications of composite phase change materials with the enhanced performance is presented, where the focus is placed on the composite PCMs fabricated by using the metal foams and carbon materials, which have proved to be the most promising approaches for thermal conductivity and heat transfer promotion on PCMs.

TL;DR: This Account provides a comprehensive overview of supramolecular self-assemblies based on the outer-surface interactions of Q[n]s, and introduces an overview of the developments and practical applications of outer- surface interactions of X-ray diffraction-gauging complexes and inorganic complex ions.

TL;DR: The concept of structure "inducer" for their structural design to achieve predictable structures and controlled pores is described and the large pore sizes and hydrophobic cavities of these compounds that lead to unprecedented properties and potential applications are discussed.

TL;DR: In this paper, a steady-state test system was constructed to measure the effective thermal conductivities of composite PCMs, which were also theoretically calculated based on the correlations and models from the literature.