The improvement of thermal stability and conductivity via incorporation of carbon nanofibers into electrospun ultrafine composite fibers of lauric acid/polyamide 6 phase change materials for thermal energy storage

International Journal of Green Energy

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 861-875

  Cai, Yibing ^a,b   Zong, Xue ^a   Zhang, Jingjing ^a   Du, Jinmei ^a   Dong, Zaidong ^a   Wei, Qufu ^a   Zhao, Yong ^b   Chen, Qi ^b   Fong, Hao ^b  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Morphology; Thermal conductivity; Thermal energy storage; Thermal stability; Ultrafine composite phase change fibers

Indexed keywords

COARSE STRUCTURE; COMPOSITE PHASE CHANGE FIBERS; CYLINDRICAL SHAPES; DSC MEASUREMENTS; FORM-STABLE PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PHASE CHANGE TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURAL MORPHOLOGY; WEIGHT LOSS TEMPERATURES;

CARBON NANOFIBERS; ENTHALPY; HEAT STORAGE; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; THERMAL ENERGY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ELECTROSPINNING;

ACID; COMPOSITE; ENTHALPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84892694583     PISSN: 15435075     EISSN: 15435083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15435075.2013.829068     Document Type: Article

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