Preparation and thermal properties of fatty acids/CNTs composite as shape-stabilized phase change materials

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 377-384

  Meng, Xin ^a,b   Zhang, Huanzhi ^a   Sun, Lixian ^a,c   Xu, Fen ^b   Jiao, Qingzhu ^b   Zhao, Ziming ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a   Zhou, Huaiying ^c   Sawada, Yutaka ^d   Liu, Yingliang ^e  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Guilin University of Electrical Technology   (China)

^d TOKYO POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Fatty acid; Phase change materials; Shape stabilized phase change material; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

CAPRIC ACID; EUTECTIC MIXTURE; LAURIC ACID; MELTING PROCESS; MULTI-WALLED; NITROGEN ADSORPTION-DESORPTION; PHASE CHANGE; PHASE CHANGE TEMPERATURE; POROUS STRUCTURES; SEM IMAGE; SHAPE STABILIZED PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL; SHAPE-STABILIZED; SUPPORTING MATERIAL;

CARBON NANOTUBES; EUTECTICS; FATTY ACIDS; LATENT HEAT; PALMITIC ACID; PASSIVE SOLAR BUILDINGS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84872493195     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-012-2349-8     Document Type: Article

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