Fabrication of multifunctional microcapsules containing n-eicosane core and zinc oxide shell for low-temperature energy storage, photocatalysis, and antibiosis

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 106, Issue , 2015, Pages 873-885

  Li, Fengnan ^a   Wang, Xiaodong ^a   Wu, Dezhen ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Antibacterial effectiveness; Core shell structure; Multifunctional microcapsules; Phase change materials; Photocatalytic activity; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; ENCAPSULATION; ENERGY STORAGE; HEAT STORAGE; PARAFFINS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STORAGE (MATERIALS); TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ENERGY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL EFFECTIVENESS; CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; ENCAPSULATION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; MULTIFUNCTIONAL MICROCAPSULES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84944729228     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2015.10.026     Document Type: Article

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