Preparation of nitrogen-doped graphene/palmitic acid shape stabilized composite phase change material with remarkable thermal properties for thermal energy storage

Applied Energy

Volumn 135, Issue , 2014, Pages 339-349

  Mehrali, Mohammad ^a   Tahan Latibari, Sara ^a   Mehrali, Mehdi ^a   Mahlia, Teuku Meurah Indra ^b   Sadeghinezhad, Emad ^a   Metselaar, Hendrik Simon Cornelis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b Universiti Tenaga Nasional   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Graphene; Latent heat; Phase change materials; Thermal conductivity; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); DURABILITY; GRAPHENE; HEAT STORAGE; LATENT HEAT; LIQUIDS; NITROGEN; PALMITIC ACID; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; STORAGE (MATERIALS); THERMAL ENERGY;

COMPOSITE PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETERS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LATENT HEAT THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE; OPERATING TEMPERATURE RANGES; PROPERTIES OF COMPOSITES; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYZERS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CARBON; COMPOSITE; DURABILITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LATENT HEAT FLUX; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL POWER;

EID: 84907163721     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.08.100     Document Type: Article

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