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

Recycling behavior of thermal conductivity during successive phase transition cycles at SWCNT loading of 0.25 wt%. Arrows indicate the sequence of cycles. (Reprinted with permission from American ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

They used paraffin wax as the phase-change material (PCM), incorporating various levels of aluminum oxide (Al₂O₃) and zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles. They also developed a prediction model.

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 ...

Sabic testing shows phase-change thermoplastics can help prevent thermal runaway in EV batteries Sabic, a global leader in the chemical industry, is reporting at NPE2024 test results that underline ...

A new phase-change material developed at MIT provides a way to store heat in a stable chemical form, then release it later on demand using light as a trigger.

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 ...