Fabrication of Graphene/TiO2/Paraffin Composite Phase Change Materials for Enhancement of Solar Energy Efficiency in Photocatalysis and Latent Heat Storage

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 4906-4915

  Liu, Huan ^a   Wang, Xiaodong ^a   Wu, Dezhen ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Graphene nanosheets; Microcapsules; Phase change materials; Solar photocatalysis; Solar thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDS; DETOXIFICATION; EMULSIFICATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY STORAGE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GRAPHENE; HEAT STORAGE; HYDROGEN BONDS; INTERFACIAL POLYCONDENSATION; MICROENCAPSULATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOSHEETS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PARAFFINS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; STABILITY; STORAGE (MATERIALS); THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL ENERGY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER POLLUTION;

COMPOSITE PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; GRAPHENE NANOSHEETS; MICROCAPSULES; MICROENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SOLAR PHOTOCATALYSIS; SOLAR PHOTODEGRADATION; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 85020182550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00321     Document Type: Article

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