Phase change material-integrated latent heat storage systems for sustainable energy solutions

Abstract

Thermal energy plays an indispensable role in the sustainable development of modern societies. Being a key component in various domestic and industrial processes as well as in power generation systems,...

Phase-change materials reinforced intelligent paint for efficient daytime radiative cooling

“…Thus, if there is a heat container incorporated to store the invasive thermal energy, the DRCT systems can predictably achieve a better cooling effect. In this regard, phase-change materials (PCMs) can be the ideal choice considering its merit of the high thermal capacity when going through an isothermal phase transition and has been deeply explored in the field of building thermal management for buffering temperature in repaid variation ( Aftab et al., 2018 , 2021 ; Yuan et al., 2019 ; Shi et al., 2020 , 2021 ; Akeiber et al., 2016 ; Zhou et al., 2012 ). PCMs include varieties of organic, inorganic, and composite materials with the advantages of wide temperature selectivity and high energy storage density ( Pielichowska and Pielichowski, 2014 ).…”

AIEgens in Solar Energy Utilization: Advances and Opportunities

“…Over the past few decades, the demand for energy continues to increase because of the rapid development of modern society and technology. To reduce the dependence on fossil fuels, scientists are seeking clean and sustainable solutions, among which solar energy may be the best option. , According to statistics, the energy demand of modern civilization can already be met if 0.01% of the solar energy radiated to the earth can be harvested. , Because of this, intensive research has been conducted on the utilization of sunlight to fulfill the future demand for energy in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way. , …”

“…3,4 Because of this, intensive research has been conducted on the utilization of sunlight to fulfill the future demand for energy in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way. 5,6 However, the harvesting and utilization of solar energy remain challenging. The spectrum of sunlight radiated to the earth includes ultraviolet (UV) (300−400 nm), visible (400− 700 nm), and infrared regions (700−2500 nm), thus it is difficult to design a light-harvesting material that can efficiently absorb a broad-enough wavelength range to capture and store all solar energy (Figure 1).…”

Anisotropic hemp-stem-derived biochar supported phase change materials with efficient solar-thermal energy conversion and storage

“…In order to alleviate the energy crisis, converting renewable solar energy into thermal energy and storing it for reuse has attracted extensive studies (Alva et al 2017;Tang et al 2021). Latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) realizes thermal energy storage or release by phase change materials (PCMs) with the characteristics of basically constant temperature and high energy storage density (Aftab et al 2021), which have been widely used in building (Rathore and Shukla 2021), greenhouse (Chen et al 2018), solar energy storage (Shi et al 2021), electronic devices (Tomizawa et al 2016) and other fields. In this regard, organic solid-liquid PCMs are considered as one of the most promising PCMs because of their controllable phase change temperature, no obvious undercooling and phase separation, no corrosivity and low price (Umair et al 2019).…”