Development of bifunctional microencapsulated phase change materials with crystalline titanium dioxide shell for latent-heat storage and photocatalytic effectiveness

Cabeza, 2011, Materials used as PCM in thermal energy storage in buildings: a review, Renew Sustain Energy Rev, 15, 1675, 10.1016/j.rser.2010.11.018 Zhou, 2012, Review on thermal energy storage with phase change materials (PCMs) in building applications, Appl Energy, 92, 593, 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.08.025 Sharma, 2009, Review on thermal energy storage with phase change materials and applications, Renew Sustain Energy Rev, 13, 318, 10.1016/j.rser.2007.10.005 Khudhair, 2004, A review on energy conservation in building applications with thermal storage by latent heat using phase change materials, Energy Convers Manage, 45, 263, 10.1016/S0196-8904(03)00131-6 Zhao, 2011, Review on microencapsulated phase change materials (MEPCMs): fabrication, characterization and applications, Renew Sustain Energy Rev, 15, 3813, 10.1016/j.rser.2011.07.019 Himran, 1994, Characterization of alkanes and paraffin waxes of application as phase change energy storage medium, Energy Sources, 16, 117, 10.1080/00908319408909065 Cho, 2000, Thermal characteristics of paraffin in a spherical capsule during freezing and melting processes, Int J Heat Mass Trans, 43, 3183, 10.1016/S0017-9310(99)00329-4 Sari, 2010, Preparation, characterization and thermal properties of PMMA/n-heptadecane microcapsules as novel solid–liquid microPCM for thermal energy storage, Appl Energy, 87, 1529, 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.10.011 Su, 2006, Fabrication and thermal properties of microPCMs: used melamine–formaldehyde resin as shell material, J Appl Polym Sci, 101, 1522, 10.1002/app.23151 Brown, 2003, In situ poly(urea-formaldehyde) microencapsulation of dicyclopentadiene, J Microencapsul, 20, 719, 10.3109/02652040309178083 Saihi, 2005, Microencapsulation of ammonium phosphate with a polyurethane shell, Part I: coacervation technique, React Funct Polym, 64, 127, 10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2005.05.004 Xiao, 2002, Preparation and performance of shape stabilized phase change thermal storage materials with high thermal conductivity, Energy Convers Manage, 43, 103, 10.1016/S0196-8904(01)00010-3 Park, 2006, Microcapsules containing electrophoretic suspension of TiO2, modified with poly(methyl methacrylate), Curr Appl Phys, 6, 632, 10.1016/j.cap.2005.04.009 Alkan, 2008, Fatty acid/poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) blends as form-stable phase change materials for latent heat thermal energy storage, Sol Energy, 82, 118, 10.1016/j.solener.2007.07.001 Delgado, 2012, Review on phase change material emulsions and microencapsulated phase change material slurries: materials, heat transfer studies and applications, Renew Sustain Energy Rev, 16, 253, 10.1016/j.rser.2011.07.152 Romero-Cano, 2002, Controlled release of 4-nitroanisole from poly(lactic acid) nanoparticles, J Control Release, 82, 127, 10.1016/S0168-3659(02)00130-X Salunkhe, 2012, A review on effect of phase change material encapsulation on the thermal performance of a system, Renew Sustain Energy Rev, 16, 5603, 10.1016/j.rser.2012.05.037 Jamekhorshid, 2014, A review of microencapsulation methods of phase change materials (PCMs) as a thermal energy storage (TES) medium, Renew Sustain Energy Rev, 31, 531, 10.1016/j.rser.2013.12.033 Wang, 2006, Preparation of silica microspheres encapsulating phase-change material by sol–gel method in O/W emulsion, J Microencapsul, 23, 3, 10.1080/02652040500286045 Chang, 2009, Preparation of phase change materials microcapsules by using PMMA network-silica hybrid shell via sol–gel process, J Appl Polym Sci, 112, 1850, 10.1002/app.29742 Jin, 2010, A one-step method for producing microencapsulated phase change materials, Particuology, 8, 588, 10.1016/j.partic.2010.07.009 Li, 2013, Fabrication and properties of micro-encapsulated paraffin@SiO2 phase change composite for thermal energy storage, Sustain Chem Eng, 1, 374, 10.1021/sc300082m He, 2014, New approach for sol–gel synthesis of microencapsulated n-octadecane phase change material with silica wall using sodium silicate precursor, Energy, 67, 223, 10.1016/j.energy.2013.11.088 Pan, 2012, Preparation, characterization and thermal properties of micro-encapsulated phase change materials, Sol Energy Mater Solar Cell, 98, 66, 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.09.020 Yu, 2014, Microencapsulation of n-octadecane phase change material with calcium carbonate shell for enhancement of thermal conductivity and serving durability: synthesis, microstructure, and performance evaluation, Appl Energy, 114, 632, 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.10.029 Yu, 2014, Self-assembly synthesis of microencapsulated n-eicosane phase-change materials with crystalline-phase-controllable calcium carbonate shell, Energy Fuels, 28, 3519, 10.1021/ef5005539 Cao, 2014, Preparation and characteristics of microencapsulated palmitic acid with TiO2 shell as shape-stabilized thermal energy storage materials, Sol Energy Mater Solar Cell, 123, 183, 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.01.023 Jiang, 2014, Design and synthesis of magnetic microcapsules based on n-eicosane core and Fe3O4/SiO2 hybrid shell for dual-functional phase change materials, Appl Energy, 134, 456, 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.08.061 Yan, 2005, Preparation of controllable crystalline titania and study on the photocatalytic properties, J Phys Chem B, 109, 8673, 10.1021/jp046087i Yang, 2013, Investigation of phase transitions for the hydrothermal formation of TiO2 in the presence of F− ions, Chem Eng J, 214, 229, 10.1016/j.cej.2012.10.045 Xu, 2007, Rate enhancement and rate inhibition of phenol degradation over irradiated anatase and rutile TiO2 on the addition of NaF: new insight into the mechanism, J Phys Chem C, 111, 19024, 10.1021/jp076364w He, 2013, Synthesis and characterization of bioinspired hierarchical mesoporous TiO2 photocatalysts, Mater Lett, 94, 136, 10.1016/j.matlet.2012.12.021 Zaki, 2013, Exploring anatase-TiO2 doped dilutely with transition metal ions as nano-catalyst for H2O2 decomposition: spectroscopic and kinetic studies, Appl Catal A, 452, 214, 10.1016/j.apcata.2012.12.003 Peng, 2009, General synthesis and optical properties of monodisperse multifunctional metal-ion-doped TiO2 hollow particles, J Phys Chem C, 113, 20240, 10.1021/jp906937e Tay, 2013, Enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production with synergistic two-phase anatase/brookite TiO2 nanostructures, J Phys Chem C, 117, 14973, 10.1021/jp4040979 Yu, 2007, Probing methylene blue photocatalytic degradation by adsorbed ethanol with in situ IR, J Phys Chem C, 111, 13813, 10.1021/jp0715474 Houas, 2001, Photocatalytic degradation pathway of methylene blue in water, Appl Catal B, 31, 145, 10.1016/S0926-3373(00)00276-9 Yu, 2003, Photocatalytic activity, antibacterial effect, and photoinduced hydrophilicity of TiO2 films coated on a stainless steel substrate, Environ Sci Technol, 37, 2296, 10.1021/es0259483 Fu, 2005, Anatase TiO2 nanocomposites for antimicrobial coatings, J Phys Chem B, 109, 8889, 10.1021/jp0502196 Sirota, 1993, Rotator phases of the normal alkanes: an X-ray scattering study, J Phys Chem, 98, 5809, 10.1063/1.464874 Sirota, 1994, Phase transitions among the rotator phases of the normal alkanes, J Phys Chem, 101, 10873, 10.1063/1.467837 Jiang, 2008, Effect of geometrical confinement on the nucleation and crystallization behavior of n-alkane mixtures, J Phys Chem B, 112, 16485, 10.1021/jp807347d Shirin-Abadi, 2011, New approach for the elucidation of PCM nanocapsules through miniemulsion polymerization with an acrylic shell, Macromolecules, 44, 7405, 10.1021/ma201509d Zhang, 2010, Silica encapsulation of n-octadecane via sol–gel process: a novel microencapsulated phase-change material with enhanced thermal conductivity and performance, J Colloid Interf Sci, 343, 246, 10.1016/j.jcis.2009.11.036 Zhang, 2009, Synthesis and properties of microencapsulated n-octadecane with polyurea shells containing different soft segments for heat energy storage and thermal regulation, Sol Energy Mater Solar Cell, 93, 1366, 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.02.021 Zhang, 2011, Fabrication of microencapsulated phase change materials based on n-octadecane core and silica shell through interfacial polycondensation, Colloid Surf A, 389, 104, 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2011.08.043 Cao, 2014, Supercooling suppression of microencapsulated phase change materials by optimizing shell composition and structure, Appl Energy, 113, 1512, 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.08.048