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Nanosized n-tetracosane as heat storage media: adjustable phase transition temperature and thermal property

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Normal alkane tetracosane (C24) as a representative compound containing alkyl chains was loaded into various porous materials to obtain form-stable phase change materials (PCMs). In the pores of controlled porous glasses (CPGs), silica gels (SGs), SBA-15 and KIT-6, C24 acquired tunable phase transition temperatures. By changing the pore sizes, C24 displayed regulated temperature windows of around 6 K (via melting) and 10 K (via solid phase transition) in the CPGs, 9 K in the SG pores (via melting) and about 13 K in SBA-15 (via melting). Phase transition temperatures, degree of supercooling and enthalpies of phase transitions exhibited linear dependence on the reverse pore diameter. The transition temperature and enthalpy change also had relevance to pore geometries. The phase sequences and solid structures of C24 in the pores changed largely. The study provides an insight into thermal properties of nano-sized PCMs.

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Abbreviations

∆H m :

Enthalpy of fusion, J g−1

∆H s :

Enthalpy of solid–solid phase transition, J g−1

∆T H :

Degree of supercooling, K

∆T trs :

Decrease of transition temperatures, K

T m :

Melting point, K

T m,d :

Melting point of crystals of size d, K

V m :

Molar volume, L mol–1

k :

Thermal conductivity, W m−1 K−1

σ sl :

Surface energy of solid–liquid interface, N m−1.

ρ s :

Solid phase density of bulk material, g cm−3.

PCMs:

Phase change materials

CPGs:

Controlled porous glasses

SGs:

Silica gels

s–s:

Solid–solid

s-l:

Solid–liquid

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We thank the financial support from National Natural Science Found of China (No. 21973056, 21727805, 21273138) and Natural Science Found of Shandong Province ZR2019MB050.

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This study was funded by National Natural Science Found of China (No. 21973056, 21727805, 21273138) and Natural Science Found of Shandong Province ZR2019MB050.

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Zhang, D., Wang, X., Dong, Y. et al. Nanosized n-tetracosane as heat storage media: adjustable phase transition temperature and thermal property. Heat Mass Transfer 58, 407–417 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-021-03112-y

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