N -Alkanes Phase Change Materials and Their Microencapsulation for Thermal Energy Storage: A Critical Review

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 7262-7293

  Peng, Hao ^a   Zhang, Dong ^a   Ling, Xiang ^a   Li, Yang ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Yu, Qinghua ^b,c   She, Xiaohui ^b   Li, Yongliang ^b   Ding, Yulong ^b  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; HEAT STORAGE; MICROENCAPSULATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARAFFINS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL ENERGY; WIND POWER;

CRITICAL REVIEW; MELTING CHARACTERISTICS; PHASE SEGREGATIONS; SELF ASSEMBLY PROCESS; STORAGE EFFICIENCY; SYNTHESIS METHOD; THERMODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; VOLUME EXPANSION;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 85047979809     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b01347     Document Type: Review

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