Development of bifunctional microencapsulated phase change materials with crystalline titanium dioxide shell for latent-heat storage and photocatalytic effectiveness

Applied Energy

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 661-674

  Chai, Luxiao ^a   Wang, Xiaodong ^a   Wu, Dezhen ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Crystalline TiO2 shell; Microencapsulated n eicosane; Microstructure; Phase change characteristics; Photocatalytic activity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FABRICS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HEAT STORAGE; LATENT HEAT; MICROENCAPSULATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; OXIDES; PARAFFINS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SLURRIES; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOLAR ENERGY; STORAGE (MATERIALS); TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE HEAT; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION; WASTE TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CRYSTALLINE TITANIUM DIOXIDE; CRYSTALLINE-TIO; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; MICROENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL; N-EICOSANE; PHASE CHANGES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

ALKANE; AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONDENSATION; CRYSTALLINITY; DEGRADATION; ENCAPSULATION; GEL; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; ION EXCHANGE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE; TITANIUM;

EID: 84912027643     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.11.006     Document Type: Article

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