Form-Stable Phase Change Material with Wood-Based Materials as Support

• Published in: Polymers Vol. 15; no. 4; p. 942
• Main Authors: Hanif, Farzana, Imran, Muhammad, Zhang, Yuang, Jia, Zhaoying, Lu, Xiaohe, Lu, Rongwen, Tang, Bingtao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 14.02.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Adsorption; Energy storage; Heat conductivity; heat transfer; Hydrogen bonds; leakage proof; Molecular weight; Phase change materials; Phase transitions; Photothermal conversion; Polyethylene glycol; Porous materials; Ratios; Review; scanning electron microscope; shape-stabilized phase change materials; Temperature; Thermal cycling; Thermal energy; thermal energy storage; Vacuum distillation; wood; Netherlands; thermal energy storage; wood; scanning electron microscope; heat transfer; leakage proof; shape-stabilized phase change materials
• ISSN: 2073-4360; 2073-4360
• DOI: 10.3390/polym15040942

Building shape-stable phase change materials (PCMs) are crucial for their practical applications. Particularly, it is vital to utilize renewable/recyclable biomass media as the support material of form-stable PCMs. In this review article, we summarized the recent developments for building form-stable PCMs consisting of wood as a supporting material, either carbonized wood or wood composites. Moreover, the electrothermal conversion and photothermal conversion of form-stable PCMs based on carbonized wood are also demonstrated. In addition, the current technical problems and future research developments of wood-based PCMs are discussed, especially the leakage problem of PCMs during the phase change transition process. All of this information will be helpful for the in-depth understanding and development of new PCMs suitable for wide application perspectives.