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Surface functionalization engineering driven crystallization behavior of polyethylene glycol confined in mesoporous silica for shape-stabilized phase change materials
Jingjing Wang,Mu Yang,Yunfeng Lu,Jin Zhaokui,Li Tan,Hongyi Gao,Shuang Fan,Wenjun Dong,Ge Wang +8 more
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In this article, surface functionalization was used to regulate the interactions between a polyethylene glycol (PEG) and internal/external surfaces of a support of SBA-15 and yield desirable thermal properties of PEG confined in porous supports.About:
This article is published in Nano Energy.The article was published on 2016-01-01. It has received 164 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: PEG ratio & Crystallization.read more
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Shape-stabilized phase change materials based on porous supports for thermal energy storage applications
TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the advantages/disadvantages of porous materials via summarizing the key research progress on the porous materials (e.g., metal foams, expanded graphite, graphene aerogels, carbon nanotubes, porous minerals, mesoporous silica, etc.) as ss-PCMs supports.
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Nanoconfined phase change materials for thermal energy applications
TL;DR: In this article, a review summarizes the recent advancement and critical issues of nanoconfinement technologies of phase change materials from the point of view of material design, and the potential applications of nan-fined PCMs in diverse fields, including energy conversion and storage, thermal rectification and temperature controlled drug delivery systems, are presented in detail.
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Thermal conductivity enhancement of polyethylene glycol/expanded vermiculite shape-stabilized composite phase change materials with silver nanowire for thermal energy storage
TL;DR: A series of polyethylene glycol-silver nanowire/expanded vermiculite shape-stabilized composite phase change materials (PEG-Ag/EVM ss-CPCMs) were prepared by physical blending and impregnation method to overcome liquid leakage during phase transition and enhance the thermal conductivity of PEG as discussed by the authors.
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Nanoconfinement effects on thermal properties of nanoporous shape-stabilized composite PCMs: A review
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of nanoporous shape-stabilized composite phase change materials (PCMs) for thermal energy storage is presented, highlighting the recent progress in the research of nanorefinite element nanopores, fabrication and characterization techniques, and especially the nanoconfinement effects of the porous support on the thermal properties of the PCMs confined in the nanopores.
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Novel smart textile with phase change materials encapsulated core-sheath structure fabricated by coaxial electrospinning
Yuan Lu,Xiudi Xiao,Juan Fu,Changmeng Huan,Shuai Qi,Shuai Qi,Zhan Yongjun,Yanqing Zhu,Gang Xu +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a material structure with high performance in overcoming leakage of paraffin wax is achieved by coaxial electrospinning technique resulting from core-sheath structured smart textiles with PW as core layer and polyacrylonitrile (PAN) as sheath layer.
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Nonionic Triblock and Star Diblock Copolymer and Oligomeric Surfactant Syntheses of Highly Ordered, Hydrothermally Stable, Mesoporous Silica Structures
TL;DR: In this paper, a family of highly ordered mesoporous (20−300 A) structures have been synthesized by the use of commercially available nonionic alkyl poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) oligomeric surfactants and poly(alkylene oxide) block copolymers in acid media.
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Graphene based new energy materials
Yiqing Sun,Qiong Wu,Gaoquan Shi +2 more
TL;DR: Graphene, a one-atom layer of graphite, possesses a unique two-dimensional (2D) structure, high conductivity and charge carrier mobility, huge specific surface area, high transparency and great mechanical strength as mentioned in this paper.
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Phase change materials for smart textiles – An overview
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the working principle of phase change materials and their applications for smart temperature-regulated textiles is presented, followed by an account of incorporation of PCM in the textile structure are summarized.
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Kinetic of crystallization from the melt and chain folding in polyethylene fractions revisited: theory and experiment
John D. Hoffman,Robert L. Miller +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the rate of growth of chain-folded lamellar crystals from the subcooled melt of polyethylene fractions is treated in terms of surface nucleation theory with the objective of illuminating the origin of the chain folding phenomenon and associated kinetic effects in molecular terms.
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Heat transfer enhancement for thermal energy storage using metal foams embedded within phase change materials (PCMs)
Changying Zhao,W. Lu,Yuan Tian +2 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of metal foams on solid/liquid phase change heat transfer is investigated, and the results show that the use of metal foam can make the sample solidified much faster than pure PCM samples, evidenced by the solidification time being reduced by more than half.