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Thermal properties characterization of two promising phase change material candidates

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Solar absorption cooling is a wonderful method to provide cold energy by exploiting solar energy. Phase change materials (PCMs) that store latent thermal energy are indispensible in solar absorption cooling system. It is worthwhile to find new PCMs due to the demanding on the temperature of the stored thermal energy which in turn would power the absorption chiller. In this paper, two compounds: 1-bromo-2-methoxynaphthalene (compound 1) and 2,2′-diphenyl-4,4′-bi(1,3-dioxane)-5,5′-diol (compound 2), were selected as potential PCMs. Their thermal energy storage properties and thermal stability were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis. The results showed that both compounds could be applied as good PCMs in solar absorption cooling systems. Compound 1 melted at 356.82 K with the ΔH of 98.81 J g−1, while compound 2 melted in a broad temperature range with the melting point of 466.26 K and the ΔH of 101.4 J g−1. Both compounds exhibited good thermal stability. Furthermore, the molar specific heat capacities of these two compounds were measured by temperature-modulated differential scanning calorimetry from 198.15 K to the temperature that they started to decompose, and the thermodynamic functions of [H T–H 298.15] and [S T–S 298.15] were calculated based on the specific heat capacities data.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21003014, 21501015, 21275022), the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, China (13JJ3068), the Scientific Research Fund of Hunan Provincial Education Department (15B0002) and the Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Protection for Electric Power and Transportation (Changsha University of Science & Technology) (2014CL05).

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  2. Collaborative Innovation Center of Micro/nano Bio-sensing and Food Safety Inspection, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Protection for Electric Power and Transportation, School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, 410114, People’s Republic of China

    Ju-Lan Zeng, Sai-Ling Sun, Lei Zhou, Yu-Hang Chen, Liu-Bin Song, Zhong Cao & Li-Xian Sun

  3. Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials, Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center of Structure and Property for New Energy and Materials, Department of Material Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electrical Technology, Guilin, 541004, People’s Republic of China

    Li-Xian Sun

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Yu, SB., Zeng, JL., Sun, SL. et al. Thermal properties characterization of two promising phase change material candidates. J Therm Anal Calorim 129, 189–199 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-017-6152-4

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