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Jiawei Wang1, Zihua Wu1,2, Huaqing Xie1,2
1School of Energy and Materials, Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai 201209, China.
Abstract:
A series of polyurethane/graphene oxide (PU/GO) solid-solid phase change materials (SSPCMs) were synthesized by using GO as a light-absorbing filler and polyethylene glycol (PEG) as a phase change matrix. The effects of PEG content on the energy storage capacity, thermal stability and photo-thermal conversion performance of PU were investigated. The results show that the form-stability of PU/GO decreases while the phase change enthalpy and photo-thermal conversion efficiency of PU/GO increases with the increasing PEG content. The introduction of a very low content of GO can maintain comparable energy storage density and greatly improve light absorption by reasonably modulating the soft segment contents. The PU/GO composite with 92 wt% PEG has a phase change enthalpy of 138.12 J/g and a high photo-thermal conversion efficiency (87.6%). The composite solid-solid PCMs have great potential for effective energy storage and solar energy utilization.
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