Preparation and Thermal Properties of Phase Change Materials
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 April 2024) | Viewed by 123
Special Issue Editor
Interests: multiphase thermal transport phenomena; acoustic wave bio and chemical sensors and actuators; thermal management of fibers and films; thermal energy storage materials and processing; microchannel cooling systems; nanoimprinting process and applications; MEMS/NEMS fabrication; microfluidics and bioMEMS; nanoscale magnetic assembly and applications
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Phase change materials (PCMs), which can absorb and release large amounts of latent heat at phase transition, are garnering considerable attention due to their potential for wide range of applications such as thermal storage material for renewable energies, high-performance thermal management materials for electronics, and materials for smart textile, thermotherapy and intelligent building, to name a few. The commonly used PCMs include paraffin waxes, fatty acids and their binary mixtures (i.e., capric and palmitic acids), hydrate salts such as Glauber’s salt (Na2SO4.H2O), and aromatics. The ideal properties of PCMs include high latent and specific heat, high thermal conductivity, high density, small volume changes, suitable phase change temperature, low supercooling, good thermal and chemical stability, and good cycling stability.
This Special Issue aims to focus on the preparation and characterization of the novel thermal and material properties of PCMs including, but not limited to, new organic and inorganic PCMs, composite PCMs, encapsulated PCMs, and smart PCMs for a variety of applications.
Prof. Dr. Hongwei Sun
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- organic PCM
- inorganic PCM
- encapsulated PCM
- smart PCM
