Unconventional experimental technologies used for phase change materials (PCM) characterization: part 2 – morphological and structural characterization, physico-chemical stability and mechanical properties

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, Diana Bajare, Bostjan Sumiga, Bojana Boh, Thomas Haussmann, Stefan Gschwander, Robert Weber, Piotr Furmanski, Maciej Jaworski and Luisa F. Cabeza

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015, vol. 43, issue C, 1415-1426

Abstract: 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 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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