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 …

Review on phase change material emulsions for advanced thermal management: Design, characterization and thermal performance

D Cabaleiro, F Agresti, L Fedele, S Barison… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Interest in phase change material emulsions (PCMEs) as advanced thermal storage and
heat transfer media is growing and this is leading to an increase in the number of articles on …

A novel photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) solar collector based on a multi-functional nano-encapsulated phase-change material (nano-ePCM) dispersion

AT Hamada, OZ Sharaf, MF Orhan - Energy Conversion and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Overheating is a major problem encountered by photovoltaic (PV) cells that significantly
deteriorates their performance and shortens their lifetime. For the first time, this study …

A comprehensive review on phase change material emulsions: Fabrication, characteristics, and heat transfer performance

F Wang, W Lin, Z Ling, X Fang - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2019 - Elsevier
Phase change material emulsion (PCME) is a latent functionally thermal fluid prepared by
dispersing a phase change material into a carrier fluid with the aid of surfactants. The PCME …

Micro-encapsulated phase change material (MPCM) slurries: Characterization and building applications

Z Qiu, X Ma, P Li, X Zhao, A Wright - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Micro-encapsulated Phase Change Material (MPCM) slurries, acting as the heat
transfer fluids or thermal storage mediums, have gained applications in various building …

Review on transportable phase change material in thermal energy storage systems

NHS Tay, M Liu, M Belusko, F Bruno - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage systems provide a means to store energy for use in heating and
cooling applications at a later time. The storage of thermal energy allows renewable sources …

Numerical investigation of form-stable composite phase change material for battery passive cooling

S Chen, R Wang, H Bao, AP Roskilly, Z Ma - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Phase change material (PCM) has gathered much attention in battery thermal management
for electric vehicles, in which form-stable PCM is a promising method to reduce the leakage …

Photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) solar collectors employing phase-change nano-capsules as spectral filters: Coupled, decoupled, and partially-coupled configurations

AT Hamada, OZ Sharaf, MF Orhan - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The ineffective utilization of solar radiation poses negative impacts on the performance of
photovoltaic (PV) cells in terms of their efficiency and durability. For the first time, this study …

Numerical investigation of double-walled direct absorption evacuated tube solar collector using microencapsulated PCM and nanofluid

M Karami, N Shahini, MAA Behabadi - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present study, the thermal performance of direct absorption solar evacuated tube
collectors utilizing CuO nanofluid, CuO/A l 2 O 3 binary nanofluid, and CuO nanofluid …

Investigation of a water-NEPCM cooling thermal management system for cylindrical 18650 Li-ion batteries

A Qaderi, F Veysi - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Water-nano encapsulated phase change material (water-NEPCM) is a promising, new
coolant made from PCM nano capsules dispersed in water. In this study, a water-NEPCM …