The increasing use of renewable energy sources has highlighted the importance of energy
storages, and in particular of latent heat thermal energy storages (LHTESs). Among the …

Materials that change phase (eg, via melting) can store thermal energy with energy densities
comparable to batteries. Phase change materials will play an increasing role in reduction of …

Energy efficient solutions that can effectively regulate the temperature of various systems are
crucial across a wide array of applications, spanning from electronic circuits and battery …

Thermal Energy Storage Materials (TESMs) may be the missing link to the “carbon neutral
future” of our dreams. TESMs already cater to many renewable heating, cooling and thermal …

Stable supercooling of sodium acetate trihydrate (SAT) composites can be used to store
heat over long periods. When the melted SAT is supercooled and in temperature equilibrium …

Xylitol shares the good thermophysical properties of other sugar alcohols that are
candidates for thermal storage purposes, with one singularity: it shows noticeable …

The thermal behavior of alkyl-derivatized 1-(2, 4-dimethylphenylazo)-4-naphthol and 1-(2, 4-
dimethylphenylazo)-2-naphthol (2, 4-DM-4-Cn and 2, 4-DM-2-Cn, respectively) was …

Phase change materials (PCMs) with a solid-solid phase transition are receiving increasing
attention as promising materials for thermal energy storage (TES) systems. Unlike the more …

The eutectic mixture formed by urea and sodium nitrate can be an interesting candidate for
use as a phase change material for thermal energy storage in space heating and domestic …

With increasing commercial success of PCM, the long-term development of properties
becomes more important. It has been investigated already for decades in a variety of ways …