Stearic-acid/carbon-nanotube composites with tailored shape-stabilized phase transitions and light-heat conversion for thermal energy storage

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 98, Issue , 2015, Pages 314-321

  Li, Benxia ^a   Nie, Shibin ^a   Hao, Yonggan ^a   Liu, Tongxuan ^a   Zhu, Jinbo ^a   Yan, Shilong ^a  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Light heat conversion; Nanocomposite; Phase change material; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ENERGY STORAGE; ENTHALPY; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; HEAT STORAGE; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STEARIC ACID; STORAGE (MATERIALS); THERMAL ENERGY; YARN;

CONFINED ENVIRONMENT; CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; HEAT CONVERSIONS; NEAR ROOM TEMPERATURE; PHASE CHANGE ENTHALPY; REVERSIBLE PHASE TRANSITION; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; TRANSITION BEHAVIOR;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84927742171     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2015.04.002     Document Type: Article

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