Enhancement in thermal property and mechanical property of phase change microcapsule with modified carbon nanotube

Applied Energy

Volumn 127, Issue , 2014, Pages 166-171

  Li, Min ^a   Chen, Meirong ^a   Wu, Zhishen ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Microcapsules; Phase change materials; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYBRID MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETERS; HEATING AND COOLING CYCLES; INITIAL DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURES; LASER PARTICLE SIZE ANALYZER; MICROCAPSULES; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; PHASE CHANGE MICROCAPSULES; PHASE CHANGE TEMPERATURE AND LATENT HEATS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84899889132     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.04.029     Document Type: Article

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