Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC

The University of Texas System

Judith Cecilia Vidal

Shuang Cui

Jason David Woods

Charles William Booten

Hongbing Lu

Adewale Odukomaiya

Kyle Edward O'Neil Foster

Kelsey Mary Lynch

Xiaowen Chen

Erin Lynn Blackley

Gustavo Felicio Perruci

Bernadette Karen Magalindan

Yudong Li

Wood template-supported phase change material (PCM) composite having thermal energy storage applications. A wood template-supported PCM may include a wood template that has had at least a portion of its xylan and/or lignin removed and saturated with a PCM. The PCM may be stabilized with a cross linkable network for improved infiltration into the wood template. The wood template-supported PCM composite may be formed by extracting xylan and/or lignin from the wood to create a wood template, densifying at least a portion of the wood template, and inserting a PCM into the wood template.

Wood template-supported phase change composite for thermal energy applications

Among other things, the present disclosure relates to phase change material (PCM) composites composed of an PCM mixed with a nucleating agent contained within the pores of a graphite matrix and/or a hydrogel. The process to create these PCM composites includes coating the surface of graphite with a surfactant, compressing the graphite to form a matrix, then filling the graphite matrix with the PCM.

Salt hydrate-based phase change thermal energy storage and encapsulation thereof

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