Thermal conductivity enhancement of lauric acid phase change nanocomposite in solid and liquid state with single-walled carbon nanohorn inclusions

Wang, 2012, Heat conduction mechanisms in nanofluids and suspensions, Nano Today, 7, 124, 10.1016/j.nantod.2012.02.007 Ji, 2014, Enhanced thermal conductivity of phase change materials with ultrathin-graphite foams for thermal energy storage, Energy Environ. Sci., 7, 1185, 10.1039/C3EE42573H Marconnet, 2011, Thermal conduction in aligned carbon nanotube–polymer nanocomposites with high packing density, ACS Nano, 5, 4818, 10.1021/nn200847u Wang, 2013, Single-walled carbon nanotube/phase change material composites: sunlight-driven, reversible, form-stable phase transitions for solar thermal energy storage, Adv. Funct. Mater., 23, 4354, 10.1002/adfm.201203728 Sanusi, 2011, Energy storage and solidification of paraffin phase change material embedded with graphite nanofibers, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 54, 4429, 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.04.046 Chintakrinda, 2011, A direct comparison of three different material enhancement methods on the transient thermal response of paraffin phase change material exposed to high heat fluxes, Int. J. Therm. Sci., 50, 1639, 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2011.04.005 Sharma, 2009, Review on thermal energy storage with phase change materials and applications, Renew. Sust. Energy Rev., 13, 318, 10.1016/j.rser.2007.10.005 Wang, 2010, Increasing the thermal conductivity of palmitic acid by the addition of carbon nanotubes, Carbon, 48, 3979, 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.06.044 Yavari, 2011, Enhanced thermal conductivity in a nanostructured phase change composite due to low concentration graphene additives, J. Phys. Chem. C, 115, 8753, 10.1021/jp200838s Fan, 2013, Effects of various carbon nanofillers on the thermal conductivity and energy storage properties of paraffin-based nanocomposite phase change materials, Appl. Energy, 110, 163, 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.04.043 Fang, 2013, Increased thermal conductivity of eicosane-based composite phase change materials in the presence of graphene nanoplatelets, Energy Fuels, 27, 4041, 10.1021/ef400702a Chen, 2012, Electro- and photodriven phase change composites based on wax-infiltrated carbon nanotube sponges, ACS Nano, 6, 10884, 10.1021/nn304310n Xiang, 2011, Investigation of exfoliated graphite nanoplatelets (xGnP) in improving thermal conductivity of paraffin wax-based phase change material, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells, 95, 1811, 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.01.048 Khodadadi, 2013, Thermal conductivity enhancement of nanostructure-based colloidal suspensions utilized as phase change materials for thermal energy storage: a review, Renew. Sust. Energy Rev., 24, 418, 10.1016/j.rser.2013.03.031 Zheng, 2011, Reversible temperature regulation of electrical and thermal conductivity using liquid–solid phase transitions, Nat. Commun., 2011 Schiffres, 2013, Tunable electrical and thermal transport in ice-templated multi layer graphene nanocomposites through freezing rate control, ACS Nano, 7, 11183, 10.1021/nn404935m Harish, 2013, Anomalous thermal conduction characteristics of phase change composites with single-walled carbon nanotube inclusions, J. Phys. Chem. C, 117, 15409, 10.1021/jp4046512 Angayarkanni, 2014, Tunable thermal transport in phase change materials using inverse micellar templating and nanofillers, J. Phys. Chem. C, 118, 13972, 10.1021/jp503209y Iijima, 1999, Nano-aggregates of single-walled graphitic carbon nano-horns, Chem. Phys. Lett., 309, 165, 10.1016/S0009-2614(99)00642-9 Carslaw, 1986, 261 Nabil, 2013, Experimental determination of temperature dependent thermal conductivity of solid eicosane based nanostructure enhanced phase change materials, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 67, 201, 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.08.010 Fan, 2011, Review of heat conduction in nanofluids, J. Heat Transfer, 133, 10.1115/1.4002633 Taha-Tijerina, 2014, Nanodiamond-based thermal fluids, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 6, 4778, 10.1021/am405575t Taha-Tijerina, 2012, Electrically insulating thermal nano-oils using 2D fillers, ACS Nano, 6, 1214, 10.1021/nn203862p Maxwell, 1891, 228 Nan, 1997, Effective thermal conductivity of particulate composites with interfacial thermal resistance, J. Appl. Phys., 81, 6692, 10.1063/1.365209 Shaikh, 2008, Carbon nano additives to enhance latent energy storage of phase change materials, J. Appl. Phys., 103, 094302, 10.1063/1.2903538 Phadungphatthanakoon, 2011, Increasing thermal storage capacity of a phase change material by encapsulation: preparation and application in natural rubber, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 3, 3691, 10.1021/am200870e Schmidt, 2008, Probing the gold nanorod-ligand–solvent interface by plasmonic absorption and thermal decay, J. Phys. Chem. C, 112, 13320, 10.1021/jp8051888 Huxtable, 2003, Interfacial heat flow in carbon nanotube suspensions, Nat. Mater., 2, 731, 10.1038/nmat996 Kang, 2012, Interfacial thermal conductance observed to be higher in semiconducting than metallic carbon nanotubes, ACS Nano, 6, 3853, 10.1021/nn2049762