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Thermal characterization and analysis of n-octadecane microcapsules modified with MnO2 particles

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MnO2 particles were prepared by a hydrothermal method and characterized via the SEM imaging, XRD and FTIR analyses, showing that the individual particles were spherical and less than 1.0 μm in diameter but were clustered in α type crystal. The particles were then added into the n-octadecane to form a new class of phase-change energy storage composites. After that, the composite powder was wrapped into polyethylene by the suspension polymerization, forming microcapsules with an average size 4.9–5.6 μm in diameter. Eventually the morphology and thermal properties of the microcapsules were analyzed. No forming of chemical bond between the core material and the shell material was found during the microcapsule synthesis process. The latent heat and encapsulation efficiency of the microcapsules with addition of 0.5 mass% MnO2 particles in the n-octadecane were measured at 107.5 ± 1.3 J g−1 and 95.3 ± 1.2%, respectively, which are higher than the microcapsules with pure n-octadecane, measured at 84.9 ± 1.2 J g−1 and 75.3 ± 1.4%, respectively. The thermal conductivity of the n-octadecane microcapsules modified with 0.5 mass% MnO2 was enhanced by about 103.3% at 15.0 °C compared with the microcapsules without MnO2. Thermogravimetric and thermal cycling studies showed that the modified new microcapsules had good thermal stability. Such a modification provided an effective way to prepare phase-change energy storage microcapsules with better thermal properties and higher encapsulation efficiency.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51776116; 51306108), the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51590902), and Gaoyuan Discipline of Shanghai – Environmental Science and Engineering (Resource Recycling Science and Engineering). Zhixiong Guo is not involved in the aforementioned sponsorship.

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    Kai Zhang, Jifen Wang, Huaqing Xie, Rui Gao & Le Cai

  2. Research Center of Resource Recycling Science and Engineering, Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai, 201209, China

    Kai Zhang, Jifen Wang, Huaqing Xie, Rui Gao & Le Cai

  3. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, 08854-8058, USA

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Zhang, K., Wang, J., Xie, H. et al. Thermal characterization and analysis of n-octadecane microcapsules modified with MnO2 particles. J Therm Anal Calorim 147, 2907–2916 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-021-10648-y

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