A comprehensive review of integrating phase change materials in building bricks: Methods, performance and applications

Y Gao, X Meng - Journal of Energy storage, 2023 - Elsevier
The continuous growth of building energy consumption and carbon emissions has
aggravated the balance between environment and energy, in which building heating and …

Emerging technologies in cool pavements: A review

BR Anupam, UC Sahoo, AK Chandrappa… - Construction and Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, researchers are trying hard to minimize the harmful effect of infrastructure
development on the environment and ecosystem. The conversion of natural landscapes to …

Phase-change materials in concrete: Opportunities and challenges for sustainable construction and building materials

R Sharma, JG Jang, JW Hu - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
The use of phase-change materials (PCM) in concrete has revealed promising results in
terms of clean energy storage. However, the negative impact of the interaction between …

Knowledge mapping of cool pavement technologies for urban heat island Mitigation: A Systematic bibliometric analysis

T Rahman, MZ Irawan, AN Tajudin, MRF Amrozi… - Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the last few decades, researchers have sought ways to counterbalance the effect of the
urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon of increased urban temperatures resulting from …

Pozzolanic reactivity and drying shrinkage characteristics of optimized blended cementitious composites comprising of Nano-Silica particles

K Snehal, BB Das - Construction and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Measurement of reaction rate amid Pozzolans and portlandite (Ca (OH 2) in the pore
solution of cementitious system is the essential mechanism that need to be quantified for any …

Experimental study on the development of fly ash foam concrete containing phase change materials (PCMs)

PE Bat-Erdene, S Pareek - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Phase change materials (PCMs) have the ability to absorb and release a large amount of
energy during the process of transforming physical properties (ie, phase transition process) …

Microstructural analysis and densification of ordinary Portland cement mortars incorporated with minimal nano-TiO2: intermixing and surface coating on both fresh …

NA Reddy, PS Chandana - Discover Materials, 2024 - Springer
The present study investigated the microstructural properties of ordinary Portland cement
(OPC)-modified with minimum dosage of nano TiO2 on fresh and hardened cement mortar …

Evaluation of self-cleaning performance of TiO2-intermixed and TiO2-coated cement mortars under natural sunlight

NA Reddy, SC Panchangam - Journal of Sustainable Cement …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Self-cleaning cementitious materials have gained significant attention due to urban
environmental pollution. In this study, nano-TiO2 (NT) was first mixed with cement mortar …

Influence of aggressive exposure on the degradation of nano-silica admixed cementitious mortar integrated with phase change materials

K Snehal, BB Das, S Barbhuiya - Construction and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
The objective of the present study is to evaluate the stability of cementitious mortar
incorporated with phase change material (PCM, n-octadecane) at aggressive exposure …

Thermal and mechanical variations of cementitious composites with phase change materials using a contactless ultrasonic method

J Hong, H Choi, J Lee, SG Jeong - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Recently, research on reducing building energy by applying phase change materials
(PCMs), such as n-octadecane, to cementitious materials, is being actively conducted. PCMs …