Nanocomposite phase change materials for high-performance thermal energy storage: A critical review

Down the Dimensionality Lane: Thermal Conductivity Enhancement in Carbon-Based Liquid Dispersions

(2022) Lucas Luciano Cullari et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

High power and energy density dynamic phase change materials using pressure-enhanced close contact melting

(2022) Wuchen Fu et al.   Nature Energy

Advanced pressure-upgraded dynamic phase change materials

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Carbon‐Based Composite Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage, Transfer, and Conversion

(2021) Xiao Chen et al.   Advanced Science

Rate capability and Ragone plots for phase change thermal energy storage

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Breaking Through Bottlenecks for Thermally Conductive Polymer Composites: A Perspective for Intrinsic Thermal Conductivity, Interfacial Thermal Resistance and Theoretics

(2021) Junwei Gu et al.   Nano-Micro Letters

Performance Assessment of Nano-enhanced Phase Change Material for Thermal Storage

(2021) Reza Daneshazarian et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Spider Web-Inspired Graphene Skeleton-Based High Thermal Conductivity Phase Change Nanocomposites for Battery Thermal Management

(2021) Ying Lin et al.   Nano-Micro Letters

Form-stable Phase Change Composites: Preparation, Performance, and Applications for Thermal Energy Conversion, Storage and Management

(2021) M.Q. Wu et al.   Energy Storage Materials

Effect of Nanomaterial Inclusion in Phase Change Materials for Improving the Thermal Performance of Heat Storage: A Review

(2021) Mohit Barthwal et al.   ACS Applied Energy Materials

Highly conductive phase change composites enabled by vertically-aligned reticulated graphite nanoplatelets for high-temperature solar photo/electro-thermal energy conversion, harvesting and storage

(2021) Tingxian Li et al.   Nano Energy

Thermophysical properties of Nano-enhanced phase change materials for domestic heating applications

(2021) Elisangela Jesus D'Oliveira et al.   Journal of Energy Storage

Synergistic effects of nano-enhanced phase change material (NePCM) and fin shape on heat storage performance of a finned shell-and-tube unit: An experimental study

(2021) Zi-Rui Li et al.   Journal of Energy Storage

Two-dimensional materials and their derivatives for high performance phase change materials: emerging trends and challenges

(2021) Hanqing Liu et al.   Energy Storage Materials

Flexible phase change materials for thermal energy storage

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Structurally advanced hybrid support composite phase change materials: Architectural synergy

(2021) Dimberu G. Atinafu et al.   Energy Storage Materials

Rapid charging for latent heat thermal energy storage: A state-of-the-art review of close-contact melting

(2021) Nan Hu et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Experimental Investigation of Heat Storage and Heat Transfer Rates during Melting of Nano-Enhanced Phase Change Materials (NePCM) in a Differentially-Heated Rectangular Cavity

(2020) Zirui Li et al.   Journal of Thermal Science

Phononics of Graphene and Related Materials

(2020) Alexander A. Balandin   ACS Nano

Expanded graphite – Paraffin composite phase change materials: Effect of particle size on the composite structure and properties

(2020) Yanqi Zhao et al.   APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING

Thermal energy storage and thermal conductivity properties of Octadecanol-MWCNT composite PCMs as promising organic heat storage materials

(2020) Amir Al-Ahmed et al.   Scientific Reports

Five thermal energy grand challenges for decarbonization

(2020) Asegun Henry et al.   Nature Energy

Revisiting melting heat transfer of nano-enhanced phase change materials (NePCM) in differentially-heated rectangular cavities using thermochromic liquid crystal (TLC) thermography

(2020) Zi-Rui Li et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Nano-enhanced phase change materials and fluids in energy applications: A review

(2020) Sandro Nižetić et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Hydroxyl group functionalized graphene oxide nanosheets as additive for improved erythritol latent heat storage performance: A comprehensive evaluation on the benefits and challenges

(2020) Xue-Feng Shao et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

A critical review of phase change material composite performance through Figure-of-Merit analysis: Graphene vs Boron Nitride

(2020) Usman Bin Shahid et al.   Energy Storage Materials

Graphene-based nanofluids: A comprehensive review about rheological behavior and dynamic viscosity

(2020) Samah Hamze et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS

Graphene-oxide-induced lamellar structures used to fabricate novel composite solid-solid phase change materials for thermal energy storage

(2019) Yongpeng Xia et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Emerging mineral-coupled composite phase change materials for thermal energy storage

(2019) Chuanchang Li et al.   ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT

Terawatt-scale photovoltaics: Transform global energy

(2019) Nancy M. Haegel et al.   SCIENCE

Characterisation and thermophysical properties of graphene nanoparticles dispersed erythritol PCM for medium temperature thermal energy storage applications

(2019) Mayilvelnathan Vivekananthan et al.   THERMOCHIMICA ACTA

Nanoparticle loading effect on the performance of the paraffin thermal energy storage material for building applications

(2019) Mahdi Kazemi et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY

High‐Performance Thermally Conductive Phase Change Composites by Large‐Size Oriented Graphite Sheets for Scalable Thermal Energy Harvesting

(2019) Si Wu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A molecular dynamics study of the effects of crystalline structure transition on the thermal conductivity of pentaerythritol as a solid-solid phase change material

(2019) Biao Feng et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

A Novel Indirect Visualization Method for Studying the Melting Heat Transfer of Nano-Enhanced Phase Change Materials (NePCM) Using Thermochromic Liquid Crystal (TLC) Thermography

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Fabrication of a novel nano phase change material emulsion with low supercooling and enhanced thermal conductivity

(2019) Guanhua Zhang et al.   RENEWABLE ENERGY

Energy storage: The future enabled by nanomaterials

(2019) Ekaterina Pomerantseva et al.   SCIENCE

Consistent preparation, chemical stability and thermal properties of a shape-stabilized porous carbon/paraffin phase change materials

(2019) Zhiyong Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Palmitic acid/polyvinyl butyral/expanded graphite composites as form-stable phase change materials for solar thermal energy storage

(2018) Yaxue Lin et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Screening of sugar alcohols and their binary eutectic mixtures as phase change materials for low-to-medium temperature latent heat storage. (Ⅰ): Non-isothermal melting and crystallization behaviors

(2018) Xue-Feng Shao et al.   ENERGY

Close-contact melting heat transfer on a heated horizontal plate: Revisited in the presence of nano-enhanced phase change materials (NePCM)

(2018) Nan Hu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Thermal performance enhancement of composite phase change materials (PCM) using graphene and carbon nanotubes as additives for the potential application in lithium-ion power battery

(2018) Deqiu Zou et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Electric vehicles batteries thermal management systems employing phase change materials

(2018) Lucia Ianniciello et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Three-Dimensional Printing of Cytocompatible, Thermally Conductive Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanocomposites

(2018) Linda M. Guiney et al.   NANO LETTERS

Methods of heat transfer intensification in PCM thermal storage systems: Review paper

(2018) Maher Al-Maghalseh et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Review on thermal conductivity enhancement, thermal properties and applications of phase change materials in thermal energy storage

(2018) Yaxue Lin et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Sebacic acid/CNT sponge phase change material with excellent thermal conductivity and photo-thermal performance

(2018) Qi Zhang et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Hybrid network structure of boron nitride and graphene oxide in shape-stabilized composite phase change materials with enhanced thermal conductivity and light-to-electric energy conversion capability

(2018) Jie Yang et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

High-quality graphene aerogels for thermally conductive phase change composites with excellent shape stability

(2018) Jing Yang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Highly graphitized 3D network carbon for shape-stabilized composite PCMs with superior thermal energy harvesting

(2018) Xiao Chen et al.   Nano Energy

Hierarchical 3D Reduced Graphene Porous-Carbon-Based PCMs for Superior Thermal Energy Storage Performance

(2018) Ang Li et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Thermal Percolation Threshold and Thermal Properties of Composites with High Loading of Graphene and Boron Nitride Fillers

(2018) Fariborz Kargar et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Thermally Conductive Phase Change Composites Featuring Anisotropic Graphene Aerogels for Real-Time and Fast-Charging Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion

(2018) Peng Min et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Comparative Study of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Nanoplatelets for Improving the Thermal Conductivity and Solar-to-Light Conversion of PEG-Infiltrated Phase-Change Material Composites

(2018) Tingting Qian et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Stearic acid/expanded graphite as a composite phase change thermal energy storage material for tankless solar water heater

(2018) Chuanchang Li et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Self-assembly of three-dimensional 1-octadecanol/graphene thermal storage materials

(2018) Xiuli Wang et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Form-stable and thermally induced flexible composite phase change material for thermal energy storage and thermal management applications

(2018) Weixiong Wu et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Experimental and numerical investigation on the performance of carbon-based nanoenhanced phase change materials for thermal management applications

(2017) Farid Bahiraei et al.   ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT

Experimental study on effective thermal conductivity of microcapsules based phase change composites

(2017) Tingyu Wang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Experimental demonstration, modeling and analysis of a novel latent-heat thermal energy storage unit with a helical fin

(2017) A. Rozenfeld et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Form-stable phase change material embedded with chitosan-derived carbon aerogel

(2017) Xin Fang et al.   MATERIALS LETTERS

Hierarchically interconnected porous scaffolds for phase change materials with improved thermal conductivity and efficient solar-to-electric energy conversion

(2017) Jie Yang et al.   Nanoscale

The path towards sustainable energy

(2017) Steven Chu et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Heat transfer enhancement of phase change materials for thermal energy storage applications: A critical review

(2017) Nasiru I. Ibrahim et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Carbon nanotube/paraffin/montmorillonite composite phase change material for thermal energy storage

(2017) Min Li et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Experimental study on the thermal performance of graphene and exfoliated graphite sheet for thermal energy storage phase change material

(2017) Xia Liu et al.   THERMOCHIMICA ACTA

Optically-controlled long-term storage and release of thermal energy in phase-change materials

(2017) Grace G. D. Han et al.   Nature Communications

Dynamic tuning of optical absorbers for accelerated solar-thermal energy storage

(2017) Zhongyong Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Tailoring the thermal and electrical transport properties of graphene films by grain size engineering

(2017) Teng Ma et al.   Nature Communications

Graphene Oxide Liquid Crystals: Discovery, Evolution and Applications

(2016) Rekha Narayan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Hybrid graphene aerogels/phase change material composites: Thermal conductivity, shape-stabilization and light-to-thermal energy storage

(2016) Jie Yang et al.   CARBON

Unconstrained melting heat transfer in a spherical container revisited in the presence of nano-enhanced phase change materials (NePCM)

(2016) Li-Wu Fan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Heat Transfer During Constrained Melting of Nano-Enhanced Phase Change Materials in a Spherical Capsule: An Experimental Study

(2016) Li-Wu Fan et al.   JOURNAL OF HEAT TRANSFER-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Computational Design of Non-natural Sugar Alcohols to Increase Thermal Storage Density: Beyond Existing Organic Phase Change Materials

(2016) Taichi Inagaki et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Thermal conductivity enhancement of phase change materials for thermal energy storage: A review

(2016) Lingkun Liu et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Synthetic nacre by predesigned matrix-directed mineralization

(2016) L.-B. Mao et al.   SCIENCE

Super-elastic and fatigue resistant carbon material with lamellar multi-arch microstructure

(2016) Huai-Ling Gao et al.   Nature Communications

Preparation and thermal properties of shape-stabilized composite phase change materials based on polyethylene glycol and porous carbon prepared from potato

(2016) Bo Tan et al.   RSC Advances

Air-dried, high-density graphene hybrid aerogels for phase change composites with exceptional thermal conductivity and shape stability

(2016) Jing Yang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Continuous Carbon Nanotube–Ultrathin Graphite Hybrid Foams for Increased Thermal Conductivity and Suppressed Subcooling in Composite Phase Change Materials

(2015) Iskandar Kholmanov et al.   ACS Nano

Temperature-dependent thermal properties of a paraffin phase change material embedded with herringbone style graphite nanofibers

(2015) Ronald J. Warzoha et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Thermally Conductive Graphene-Polymer Composites: Size, Percolation, and Synergy Effects

(2015) Michael Shtein et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Study on the phase change thermal storage performance of palmitic acid/carbon nanotubes composites

(2015) Da Xiao et al.   COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING

Highly thermally conductive and mechanically strong graphene fibers

(2015) G. Xin et al.   SCIENCE

Carbon nanotube grafted with polyalcohol and its influence on the thermal conductivity of phase change material

(2014) Min Li et al.   ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT

Heat transfer during melting of graphene-based composite phase change materials heated from below

(2014) Li-Wu Fan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Nanofluid PCMs for thermal energy storage: Latent heat reduction mechanisms and a numerical study of effective thermal storage performance

(2014) Aitor Zabalegui et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Close-contact melting in vertical annular enclosures with a non-isothermal base: Theoretical modeling and application to thermal storage

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Effect of carbon nanotubes on the thermal behavior of palmitic–stearic acid eutectic mixtures as phase change materials for energy storage

(2014) Nan Zhang et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Experimental and numerical study on the effective thermal conductivity of paraffin/expanded graphite composite

(2014) Z. Li et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Innovative spongy attapulgite loaded with n-carboxylic acids as composite phase change materials for thermal energy storage

(2014) Weidong Liang et al.   RSC Advances

Organic Solvent-Based Graphene Oxide Liquid Crystals: A Facile Route toward the Next Generation of Self-Assembled Layer-by-Layer Multifunctional 3D Architectures

(2013) Rouhollah Jalili et al.   ACS Nano

A nano-graphite/paraffin phase change material with high thermal conductivity

(2013) Min Li   APPLIED ENERGY

Effects of various carbon nanofillers on the thermal conductivity and energy storage properties of paraffin-based nanocomposite phase change materials

(2013) Li-Wu Fan et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Enhanced thermal conductivity of phase change materials with ultrathin-graphite foams for thermal energy storage

(2013) Hengxing Ji et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Increased Thermal Conductivity of Eicosane-Based Composite Phase Change Materials in the Presence of Graphene Nanoplatelets

(2013) Xin Fang et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Thermal conductivity predictions of composites containing percolated networks of uniform cylindrical inclusions

(2013) Aaron P. Wemhoff   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

An experimental investigation of melting of nanoparticle-enhanced phase change materials (NePCMs) in a bottom-heated vertical cylindrical cavity

(2013) Yi Zeng et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Anomalous Thermal Conduction Characteristics of Phase Change Composites with Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Inclusions

(2013) Sivasankaran Harish et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Thermal conductivity enhancement of nanostructure-based colloidal suspensions utilized as phase change materials for thermal energy storage: A review

(2013) J.M. Khodadadi et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Thermal conductivity enhancement of form-stable phase-change composites by milling of expanded graphite, micro-capsules and polyethylene

(2013) Xianglei Wang et al.   RENEWABLE ENERGY

Increased thermal conductivity of liquid paraffin-based suspensions in the presence of carbon nano-additives of various sizes and shapes

(2012) Zi-Tao Yu et al.   CARBON

Improving the thermal conductivity and shape-stabilization of phase change materials using nanographite additives

(2012) Jia-Nan Shi et al.   CARBON

Improvement of the thermal conductivity of a phase change material by the functionalized carbon nanotubes

(2012) Peijun Ji et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE

Thermal characterizations of the graphite nanosheets reinforced paraffin phase-change composites

(2012) Yin-Ju Chen et al.   COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING

The effect of carbon nanotubes in enhancing the thermal transport properties of PCM during solidification

(2012) Vellaisamy Kumaresan et al.   HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Thermal conductivity enhancement of paraffins by increasing the alignment of molecules through adding CNT/graphene

(2012) Hasan Babaei et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Preparation and thermal properties of fatty acids/CNTs composite as shape-stabilized phase change materials

(2012) Xin Meng et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY

Thermal Transport in Three-Dimensional Foam Architectures of Few-Layer Graphene and Ultrathin Graphite

(2012) Michael Thompson Pettes et al.   NANO LETTERS

Opportunities and challenges for a sustainable energy future

(2012) Steven Chu et al.   NATURE

Searching for a Better Thermal Battery

(2012) I. Gur et al.   SCIENCE

Enhanced Thermal Conductivity in a Nanostructured Phase Change Composite due to Low Concentration Graphene Additives

(2011) Fazel Yavari et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

The investigation of thermal conductivity and energy storage properties of graphite/paraffin composites

(2011) N. Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY

Thermal properties of graphene and nanostructured carbon materials

(2011) Alexander A. Balandin   NATURE MATERIALS

The experimental exploration of carbon nanofiber and carbon nanotube additives on thermal behavior of phase change materials

(2011) Yanbin Cui et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Investigation of exfoliated graphite nanoplatelets (xGnP) in improving thermal conductivity of paraffin wax-based phase change material

(2011) Jinglei Xiang et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Effective dispersion of multi-wall carbon nano-tubes in hexadecane through physiochemical modification and decrease of supercooling

(2011) Shuo Zhang et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Reversible temperature regulation of electrical and thermal conductivity using liquid–solid phase transitions

(2011) Ruiting Zheng et al.   Nature Communications

Advanced Materials for Energy Storage

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Increasing the thermal conductivity of palmitic acid by the addition of carbon nanotubes

(2010) Jifen Wang et al.   CARBON

Graphene Spreads the Heat

(2010) R. Prasher   SCIENCE

Enhancing thermal conductivity of palmitic acid based phase change materials with carbon nanotubes as fillers

(2009) Jifen Wang et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Preparation, thermal properties and thermal reliability of palmitic acid/expanded graphite composite as form-stable PCM for thermal energy storage

(2009) Ahmet Sarı et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Thermal properties of heat storage composites containing multiwalled carbon nanotubes

(2008) Jifen Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Superior Thermal Conductivity of Single-Layer Graphene

(2008) Alexander A. Balandin et al.   NANO LETTERS