Thermal conductivity enhancement of lauric acid phase change nanocomposite with graphene nanoplatelets

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 205-211

  Harish, Sivasankaran ^a   Orejon, Daniel ^a   Takata, Yasuyuki ^a   Kohno, Masamichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Graphene; Lauric acid; Phase change material; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GRAPHENE; HEAT STORAGE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS; YARN;

EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE; HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; LAURIC ACID; LOW CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT; THERMAL INTERFACE RESISTANCES; TRANSIENT HOT WIRE METHOD;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84922587043     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.01.056     Document Type: Article

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