Ecofriendly microencapsulated phase-change materials with hybrid core materials for thermal energy storage and flame retardancy

• Main Authors: Hu, Zhong-Ting, Reinack, Varghese Hansen, An, Jinliang, Indraneel, Zope, Dasari, Aravind, Yang, Jinglei, Yang, En-Hua
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Civil engineering; Engineering::Materials; Pharmaceuticals; Polymer Science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160573
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Microencapsulated phase-change material (ME-PCM) employing octadecane as a core material has been practiced for thermal-energy-storage (TES) applications in buildings. However, octadecane as a hydrocarbon-based PCM is flammable. Herein, silica-shelled microcapsules (SiO2-MCs) and poly(urea-formaldeh...