Synthesis of Modified Phase-Changing Material with Latent Heat and Thermal Conductivity to Store Solar Energy Using a Carbon Nanotube

MicroPCMs’ excellent thermal capacity and photothermal translation features benefit solar energy storage applications significantly. A successful in situ polymerization procedure was employed to build microencapsulated phase-change materials using n-hexadecanol as the core melamine-formaldehyde resin outer shell, characteristics of microPCMs were evaluated. In terms micromorphology, incorporation hydroxylated carbon nanotubes into with a compact shell has little effect on their spherical structure. melting heat latent are both 51.5°C 0.2 weight percent dose nanotubes, n-energy hexadecanol’s efficiency is determined be 75.25 percent. Thermal conductivity conversion engendered increased nanotube dosage have improved significantly, laying foundation for efficiency. When 0.6 % added mixture, conduction 0.3597 Wm−1·K−1 181.5 J·g−1. Additionally, all show exceptional stability across 500 cycles. Because large capability efficient conversion, new appear an appealing option direct-absorption collector systems.