Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotube/Phase Change Material Composites: Sunlight‐Driven,Reversible, Form‐Stable Phase Transitions for Solar Thermal Energy Storage |
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| Authors: | Yunming Wang Bingtao Tang Shufen Zhang |
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| Affiliation: | State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, P. R. China |
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| Abstract: | The development of solar energy conversion materials is critical to the growth of a sustainable energy infrastructure in the coming years. A novel hybrid material based on single‐walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and form‐stable polymer phase change materials (PCMs) is reported. The obtained materials have UV‐vis sunlight harvesting, light‐thermal conversion, thermal energy storage, and form‐stable effects. Judicious application of this efficient photothermal conversion to SWNTs has opened up a rich field of energy materials based on novel SWNT/PCM composits with enhanced performance in energy conversion and storage. |
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| Keywords: | light‐driven transitions single‐walled carbon nanotubes phase change materials form‐stable transitions thermal energy storage |
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