Thermal transmittance of carbon nanotube networks: Guidelines for novel thermal storage systems and polymeric material of thermal interest

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 1028-1036

  Fasano, Matteo ^a   Bozorg Bigdeli, Masoud ^a   Vaziri Sereshk, Mohammad Rasool ^a   Chiavazzo, Eliodoro ^a   Asinari, Pietro ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube networks; Composite materials; Polymeric heat exchangers; Thermal boundary resistance; Thermal conductivity; Thermal storage

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT STORAGE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); STORAGE (MATERIALS); THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; YARN;

CARBON NANOPARTICLES; CARBON NANOTUBE NETWORK; COMPOSITES MATERIAL; LARGER NETWORKS; POLYMERIC HEAT EXCHANGER; THERMAL; THERMAL BOUNDARY RESISTANCE; THERMAL STORAGE; THERMAL STORAGE SYSTEM; THERMAL TRANSMITTANCE;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 84919931526     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.08.087     Document Type: Review

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