Metal matrix-metal nanoparticle composites with tunable melting temperature and high thermal conductivity for phase-change thermal storage

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1341-1351

  Liu, Minglu ^a   Ma, Yuanyu ^b   Wu, Hsinwei ^b   Wang, Robert Y ^a,b  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

high thermal conductivity; metal nanocomposites; phase change material; size dependent melting; solution phase synthesis; tunable melting temperature

Indexed keywords

HEAT STORAGE; MELTING POINT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; STORAGE (MATERIALS); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VOLUME FRACTION;

EFFECTIVE MEDIUM APPROXIMATION; HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; METAL NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLE VOLUME FRACTIONS; NANOSCALE THERMAL TRANSPORT; PHASE-CHANGE THERMAL STORAGES; SIZE-DEPENDENT MELTING; SOLUTION PHASE SYNTHESIS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84923477049     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn505328j     Document Type: Article

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