Enhanced thermal properties of novel shape-stabilized PEG composite phase change materials with radial mesoporous silica sphere for thermal energy storage

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Min, Xin ^a   Fang, Minghao ^a   Huang, Zhaohui ^a   Liu, Yan'gai ^a   Huang, Yaoting ^b   Wen, Ruilong ^a   Qian, Tingting ^a   Wu, Xiaowen ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84939137569     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep12964     Document Type: Article

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