Nano-engineered pathways for advanced thermal energy storage systems

Nearly half of the global energy consumption goes toward heating and cooling buildings processes. This quantity could be considerably reduced through addition advanced thermal storage systems. One emerging pathway for is nano-engineered phase change materials, which have very high densities enable several degrees design freedom in selecting their composition morphology. Although literature has indicated that these materials provide a clear thermodynamic boost storage, they are subject to much more complex multiscale governing phenomena (e.g., non-uniform temperatures across medium). review highlights most promising configurations been proposed improved heat transfer along with critical future needs this field. We conclude significant effort still required move up technological readiness scale create commercially viable novel