Passive cooling of lithium-ion batteries based on flexible phase change materials: Molecular structure, interactions and mechanistic aspects

B Yang, J Ji, X Zhang, W Hua - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023 - Elsevier
The trend for electric vehicles to replace traditional fuel vehicles is becoming increasingly
apparent with the global tendency towards carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. As the …

Advances in composite phase change materials based on high performance three-dimensional (3D) skeletons: Properties, strategies and applications

R Qian, M Liu, X Lu, C Qing, D Zou - Composite Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCM) have received widespread attention due to their outstanding
advantages, such as high latent heat, little temperature fluctuation, and good chemical and …

Experimental study on thermal management of lithium-ion battery with graphite powder based composite phase change materials covering the whole climatic range

Z Wang, C Du, R Qi, Y Wang - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
In order to ensure the normal operation of lithium-ion battery in any climate environment, it is
necessary to explore the temperature dependence of lithium-ion battery performance, and …

Thermal enhancement and shape stabilization of a phase-change energy-storage material via copper nanowire aerogel

L Zhang, L An, Y Wang, A Lee, Y Schuman… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Low thermal conductivity (k) has limited the applications of phase change materials (PCMs).
To enhance k of paraffin PCM, copper nanowire (CuNW) aerogels (CuNWAs) are fabricated …

Evaluating the role of sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate as surfactant towards enhancing thermophysical properties of paraffin/graphene nanoplatelet phase change …

NHM Zaimi, A Nawabjan, SFA Rahman… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Nanoparticles addition in the phase change material (PCMs) has been proved to improve its
thermophysical properties. However, it also has been reported to cause agglomeration …

Phase Change Material with Gelation Imparting Shape Stability

G Vasilyev, N Koifman, M Shuster, M Gishvoliner… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Blending two gelators with different chemistries (12-hydroxystearic acid and a bis-urea
derivative, Millithix MT-800) was used to impart shape stability to CrodaTherm 29, a bio …

Effect of graphite layers on the conformation and thermal conductivity of n-octadecane: a molecular dynamics study

T Zhang, B Xu, Z Chen - Journal of Thermal Science, 2021 - Springer
To understand the thermal conductivity improvement of the paraffin and graphite composite
PCMs in micro-scale, the conformation characteristics of molecules with rising temperature …

Analytical solution of the melting process of phase-change materials in thermal energy storage system

Z Zhang, Z Wang, X He - … Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The phase-change interface is a non-linear mathematical problem, and the superposition
principle is not suitable for the solution. At present, only a few researches contribute to the …

Multiscale modelling of thermal conductivity of carbon nanotube paraffin nanocomposites

A Vahedi, MHS Lahidjani… - Materials Research …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Paraffin waxes can store large amount of heat according to their high heat capacity, which is
a high quality property to address some fundamental concerns in technology, like the …

Thermal conductivity and diffusion behaviour of lauric acid confined in carbon nanotubes as heat storage materials

X Ma, D Chen, S Wu, Z Yi, D Peng - Phase Transitions, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The thermal conductivity and diffusion behaviour of lauric acid (LA) confined in single-walled
carbon nanotube (CNT) with the filling ratio of 80% are investigated by molecular dynamics …