Unconventional Experimental Technologies Used for Phase Change materials (PCM) Characterization: Part 2 – Morphological and Structural Characterization, Physico-Chemical Stability and Mechanical Properties
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
2015
A. Inés Fernández,
Aran Solé,
Jessica Giró-Paloma,
Mònica Martínez,
Mila Hadjieva,
Abdel Boudenne,
Mariaella Constantinescu,
Elena Maria Anghel,
Marta Malikova,
Igor Krupa,
Conchita Peñalosa,
Ana Lázaro,
Halime O. Paksoy,
Kemal Cellat,
Jana Vecstaudža,
Diāna Bajāre,
Bostjan Sumiga,
Bojana Boh,
Thomas Haussmann,
Stefan Gschwander,
Robert Weber,
Piotr Furmanski,
Maciej Jaworski,
Luisa F. Cabeza
Due to the high interest of appropriate characterization of PCM and hybrid PCM composites, different research centres and universities are using several material characterization techniques not commonly used with PCM, to study the structure and morphology of these materials. Likewise, physico-chemical stability is a crucial parameter for the performance of latent storage materials during time and its evaluation has been done by using molecular spectroscopy, chemiluminiscence or calorimetric tests. Atomic force microscopy and nanoindentation are also reported to characterize hybrid PCM composites. Other chemical aspects studied are related with the compatibility of the PCM and its container and also considered in this compilation of characterization work.
Keywords
Phase change material (PCM), Characterization, Morphological and structural characterization, Physico-chemical stability, Mechanical properties
DOI
10.1016/j.rser.2014.11.051
Hyperlink
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032114009903
Fernández, A., Solé, A., Giró-Paloma, J., Martínez, M., Hadjieva, M., Boudenne, A., Constantinescu, M., Anghel, E., Malikova, M., Krupa, I., Peñalosa, C., Lázaro, A., Paksoy, H., Cellat, K., Vecstaudža, J., Bajāre, D., Sumiga, B., Boh, B., Haussmann, T., Gschwander, S., Weber, R., Furmanski, P., Jaworski, M., Cabeza, L. Unconventional Experimental Technologies Used for Phase Change materials (PCM) Characterization: Part 2 – Morphological and Structural Characterization, Physico-Chemical Stability and Mechanical Properties. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015, Vol.43, pp.1415-1426. ISSN 1364-0321. Available from: doi:10.1016/j.rser.2014.11.051
Publication language
English (en)