Researchers developed a textile that uses motion energy and phase change materials to power electronics while adapting to ...

Optically-controlled long-term storage and release of thermal energy in phase-change materials. Nature Communications, 2017; 8 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01608-y ...

Definition: Phase-change materials (PCMs) are substances with the ability to absorb and release large amounts of heat energy during their phase transition between solid and liquid states. This ...

WASHINGTON, December 14, 2021 -- As the world searches for practical ways to decarbonize our activities and mitigate associated climate change, approaches to alternative energy are hampered by the ...

The material then acts as a sort of thermal buffer. Heat energy building up in a room can be absorbed by the phase change material, keeping temperatures lower.

The organic phase-change material has already garnered interest for cooking applications in rural India. Such systems could also be used for drying agricultural crops or for space heating. #30 ...

And all while only consuming 0.2 watts for a 2 x 2-inch thermal patch. The scientists believe that it would only take 144 patches with a total consumption of 26 watts to keep someone at the 89.6F ...

Fabric might be the last thing on your mind when firefighters rescue someone from a burning building, but without fire-resistant clothing, such rescues might not happen at all. The turnout gear that ...

NREL scientists have unveiled a storage system based on a phase-change material that can store both thermal energy and electricity in a single device. According to the researchers, the new ...

There are three major thermal storage technologies: Sensible storage stores thermal energy by raising the material's temperature, be it solid (e.g., clay bricks in home storage heaters) or liquid (e.g ...