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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Han, Grace, Li, Huashan, Grossman, Jeffrey C.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112714
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1281-2359