Abstract: To achieve the goal of carbon neutrality, efficient use of solar energy is feasible and imminent. The selection of phase change materials (PCMs) as energy storage media is an effective way to achieve practical...
Read MoreAbstract: As a high-performance fiber, high modulus polyethylene fiber (HMPE) has been widely used in the rope industry. However, due to its low melting point and poor thermal conductivity, it tends to break under the...
Read MoreHow are polymer composites used in solar cells? Polymers, specifically organic polymers, are commonly used as the active materials in organic solar cells. Organic solar cells are a type of photovoltaic device that...
Read MoreAbstract: Water magnetite nanofluids for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) fuel cell cooling application have been investigated. Nanofluid of water-magnetite (Fe3O4) has been synthesized using a two-step method. The...
Read MoreGeopolymerization is an emerging technology which utilizes solid aluminosilicate raw materials that are easily soluble in caustic solutions, in order to produce inorganic polymers with excellent physical, mechanical and...
Read MoreAbstract: Leaching and instability in wax-based phase change materials (PCMs) are serious application problems. Herein, we developed paper-like (~ 100 µm) fexible, composite PCMs by hydraulic compression of 1-cm-thick...
Read MoreAbstract: 3D objects composed of 100% wood components are 3D printed utilizing wood flour microparticles dispersed in a matrix composed of cellulose nanocrystals and xyloglucan. In the printed object, a wood waste...
Read MoreIn this experiment, we used a vacuum impregnation method to prepare shape stabilized PCM that contained sodium montmorillonite (Na-MMT) and Exfoliated graphite nanoplatelets (xGnP), to improve the thermal conductivity...
Read MoreThermal effusivity (Ws1/2/m2K) has been widely adopted as the key thermal performance metric for fabrics and textile materials. Sometimes referred to as thermal inertia, it is defined as the rate at which a material can...
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