Micro/nano-encapsulated phase-change materials (ePCMs) for solar photothermal absorption and storage: Fundamentals, recent advances, and future directions

SA Albdour, Z Haddad, OZ Sharaf, A Alazzam… - Progress in Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Building on their dual functionality for solar photothermal absorption and storage,
slurries/dispersions of micro/nano-encapsulated phase-change materials (ePCMs) are …

A comprehensive review on phase change materials for heat storage applications: Development, characterization, thermal and chemical stability

VV Tyagi, K Chopra, RK Sharma, AK Pandey… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) utilized for thermal energy storage applications are verified
to be a promising technology due to their larger benefits over other heat storage techniques …

Recent developments in phase change materials for energy storage applications: A review

H Nazir, M Batool, FJB Osorio, M Isaza-Ruiz… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
In order to overcome the increasing demand–supply energy gap due to the rapid
urbanization, labor productivity, consumerism and depletion of fossil fuel resources, there is …

Hierarchically porous materials: synthesis strategies and structure design

XY Yang, LH Chen, Y Li, JC Rooke… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Owing to their immense potential in energy conversion and storage, catalysis,
photocatalysis, adsorption, separation and life science applications, significant interest has …

Nanoencapsulation of phase change materials for advanced thermal energy storage systems

EM Shchukina, M Graham, Z Zheng… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Phase change materials (PCMs) allow the storage of large amounts of latent heat during
phase transition. They have the potential to both increase the efficiency of renewable …

Developments in organic solid–liquid phase change materials and their applications in thermal energy storage

RK Sharma, P Ganesan, VV Tyagi… - Energy conversion and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage as sensible or latent heat is an efficient way to conserve the waste
heat and excess energy available such as solar radiation. Storage of latent heat using …

Heat transfer enhancement of nano-encapsulated phase change material (NEPCM) using metal foam for thermal energy storage

WQ Li, SJ Guo, L Tan, LL Liu, W Ao - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study provides a new shape-stabilized phase change material (PCM) composite for
enhanced thermal energy storage with nano-encapsulated phase change material …

Types, methods, techniques, and applications for microencapsulated phase change materials (MPCM): A review

J Giro-Paloma, M Martínez, LF Cabeza… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCM) can be employed in many fields because of their capacity to
absorb and release energy when it is necessary. Nowadays, the number of studies about …

A review of microencapsulation methods of phase change materials (PCMs) as a thermal energy storage (TES) medium

A Jamekhorshid, SM Sadrameli, M Farid - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2014 - Elsevier
Microencapsulation of phase change materials (PCMs) is an effective way of enhancing
their thermal conductivity and preventing possible interaction with the surrounding and …

Supercooling of phase-change materials and the techniques used to mitigate the phenomenon

MH Zahir, SA Mohamed, R Saidur, FA Al-Sulaiman - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
In the quest for alternatives for fossil fuels, phase change materials (PCMs) have attracted
considerable attention due to their ability to store renewable thermal energy. Compared to …