High Thermal Effusivity Nanocarbon Materials for Resonant Thermal Energy Harvesting
Ge Zhang, Volodymyr B. Koman, Tafsia S. Shikdar, Ronald J. Oliver, Natalia Perez‐Lodeiro, Michael S. Strano
Abstract
Carbon nanomaterials have extraordinary thermal properties, such as high conductivity and stability. Nanocarbon combined with phase change materials (PCMs) can yield exceptionally high thermal effusivity composites optimal for thermal energy harvesting. The progress in synthesis and processing of high effusivity materials, and their application in resonant energy harvesting from temperature variations is reviewed.
Topics & Concepts
Thermal effusivityMaterials scienceNanomaterialsThermal conductivityThermal stabilityThermalEnergy harvestingYield (engineering)Composite materialCarbon fibersNanotechnologyEnergy (signal processing)Chemical engineeringComposite numberThermodynamicsThermal resistanceStatisticsPhysicsMathematicsThermal contact conductanceEngineeringAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesThermal properties of materialsThermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies