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Ultrathin graphite sheets stabilized stearic acid as a composite phase change material for thermal energy storage

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  • Li, Chuanchang
  • Xie, Baoshan
  • Chen, Deliang
  • Chen, Jian
  • Li, Wei
  • Chen, Zhongsheng
  • Gibb, Stuart W.
  • Long, Yi

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Ultrathin graphite sheets (UGSs) were stripped directly from natural flake graphite (FG) through a coupled ultrasonication-milling (CUM) process followed by a shear-assisted supercritical CO2 (SSC) stripping. As-prepared UGSs were centrifuged (3500 and 5000 rpm) to support stearic acid (SA) to produce SA/UGSs. Characterization results proved UGSs was stripped from natural FG. Structural and morphological characterization demonstrated that the UGS-5000 had a layer thickness was about 3.4–4.2 nm, significantly thinner than that of natural FG. Raman spectra and TG-DSC analysis showed UGS-5000 have more structural defects than other UGSs, and could accommodate a SA loading capability of 171.5%. FTIR and XRD analysis indicated that no chemical reaction had occurred between SA and UGSs during impregnation. All samples had a good thermal stability below 180 °C, with the endothermic phase change peak being recorded between 53.60 and 53.12 °C range, and the melting and freezing enthalpies of SA/UGS-5000 were 113.7 and 112.9 J g−1, respectively. After 50 thermal cycles, it could keep a great thermal reliability and has a thermal conductivity of 10.08 times higher than that of pure SA. These results demonstrate that SA/UGS-5000 have potential in thermal energy storage applications including cooling, building energy efficiency and solar thermal storage.

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  • Li, Chuanchang & Xie, Baoshan & Chen, Deliang & Chen, Jian & Li, Wei & Chen, Zhongsheng & Gibb, Stuart W. & Long, Yi, 2019. "Ultrathin graphite sheets stabilized stearic acid as a composite phase change material for thermal energy storage," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 166(C), pages 246-255.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:166:y:2019:i:c:p:246-255
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2018.10.082
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