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A review on phase change energy storage: materials and applications

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In this paper, a review of the phase change materials (PCM) and their application in energy storage is presented, where the main advantages of encapsulation are providing large heat transfer area, reduction of the PCMs reactivity towards the outside environment and controlling the changes in volume of the storage materials as phase change occurs.
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This article is published in Energy Conversion and Management.The article was published on 2004-06-01. It has received 2636 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Thermal energy storage & Energy storage.

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An experimental study on thermal management of lithium ion battery packs using an improved passive method

TL;DR: In this paper, a novel battery thermal management (BTM) system based on composite phase change materials (C-PCM) with aluminum boxes is developed, which can significantly reduce the average temperature and improve the temperature uniformity of the lithium ion battery pack.
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Heat collection and supply of interconnected netlike graphene/polyethyleneglycol composites for thermoelectric devices.

TL;DR: G-PEGs were proposed as a heat supply for thermoelectric devices because they not only afford a lot of conductive pathways for heat transfer but also act as highly thermally conductive reservoirs to hold phase-change materials for thermal energy collection, storage and release.
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Preparation and performance of a novel thermoplastics polyurethane solid–solid phase change materials for energy storage

TL;DR: Based on the phase change theory, bis(1,3-dihydroxypropan-2-yl)4,4′-methylenebis(4,1-phenylene)dicarbamate, a novel tetrahydroxy compound, was designed and synthesized as discussed by the authors.
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Tailoring of bifunctional microencapsulated phase change materials with CdS/SiO2 double-layered shell for solar photocatalysis and solar thermal energy storage

TL;DR: In this article, a double-layered shell based on an amorphous SiO2 inner layer and a crystalline CdS outer layer was fabricated successfully onto the n-eicosane core.
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Preparation and characterization of polyurea microencapsulated phase change material by interfacial polycondensation method

TL;DR: In this article, a new type of polyurea (PU) microencapsulated phase change materials (MicroPCMs) were prepared by interfacial polycondensation method with isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI) and ethylene diamine (EDA) as shell monomers and paraffin as core material.
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Review on thermal energy storage with phase change: materials, heat transfer analysis and applications

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the history of thermal energy storage with solid-liquid phase change has been carried out and three aspects have been the focus of this review: materials, heat transfer and applications.
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Low temperature latent heat thermal energy storage: Heat storage materials

TL;DR: In this article, the melting and freezing behavior of various heat-of-fusion storage materials is investigated using the techniques of Thermal Analysis and Differential Scanning Calorimetry.
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Thermal Energy Storage: Systems and Applications

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an overview of thermal energy storage systems and their application in the context of thermal engineering, including thermal transfer with phase change in simple and complex geometries.
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Review on sustainable thermal energy storage technologies, Part I: heat storage materials and techniques

TL;DR: In this article, the development of available thermal energy storage (TES) technologies and their individual pros and cons for space and water heating applications are reviewed and compared for low temperature applications, where water is used as a storage medium.
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