Renewable energy plays a pivotal role for mankind in the times of adverse climate change
and global warming. However, renewable energy such as solar energy comes with inherent …

Thermal storage technology based on phase change material (PCM) holds significant
potential for temperature regulation and energy storage application. However, solid–liquid …

Coating materials serve the purposes to protect, enhance and/or confer additional
functionalities and properties to the underlying object surface or bulk materials. In recent …

Phase change materials have been used in buildings as effective latent energy storage
elements because of their remarkable capability of storing thermal energy and thus have …

Developing advanced nanocomposite integrating solar-driven thermal energy storage and
thermal management functional microwave absorption can facilitate the cutting-edge …

Herein, we report a facile yet efficient strategy for fabricating a carbonized kapok fiber
aerogel (CKF) based composite PCM, by incorporating magnetic guest of Fe 3 O 4 …

Despite being an advanced battery thermal management (BTM) strategy, the phase change
material (PCM) cooling technology still suffers from the low thermal stability of the PCMs in …

Solar-thermal energy storage using latent heat of phase change materials (PCMs) offers
renewable penetration in wide range of smart applications. The limiting solar energy …

Inorganic phase change materials, especially for salt hydrate, possess superior energy
storage density and thermal conductivity compared with organic phase change materials in …

High value-added use of waste plastic has emerged an urgent research topic due to its
heavy pollution to environment. Meanwhile, fluctuant characteristic of renewable energy …