Optically-controlled long-term storage and release of thermal energy in phase-change materials

Thermal energy storage offers enormous potential for a wide range of energy technologies. Phase-change materials offer state-of-the-art thermal storage due to high latent heat. However, spontaneous heat loss from thermally charged phase-change materials to cooler surroundings occurs due to the absen...

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Main Authors: Han, Grace (Contributor), Li, Huashan (Contributor), Grossman, Jeffrey C. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group, 2017-12-12T16:26:58Z.
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