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SUBMITTER: Han GGD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5684416 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Han Grace G D GGD Li Huashan H Grossman Jeffrey C JC
Nature communications 20171113 1
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 absence of a significant energy barrier for the liquid-solid transition. This prevents control over the thermal storage, and developing effective methods to address this problem has remained an elusive goa ...[more]