Preparation, characterization and thermal properties of binary nitrate salts/expanded graphite as composite phase change material

Thermochimica Acta

Volumn 587, Issue , 2014, Pages 52-58

  Xiao, Junbing ^a   Huang, Jin ^a   Zhu, Panpan ^a   Wang, Changhong ^a   Li, Xinxi ^a,b  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Binary nitrate salt; Expanded graphite; Latent heat; Thermal energy storage; Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GRAPHITE; HEAT STORAGE; LATENT HEAT; MORPHOLOGY; NITRATES; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SPECTROMETERS; THERMAL ENERGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASONICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION METHODS; COMPOSITE PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETERS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETERS; ENHANCED THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPANDED GRAPHITE; NITRATE SALTS; THERMO-PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84901247427     PISSN: 00406031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tca.2014.04.021     Document Type: Article

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