Ionic cross-linked polyvinyl alcohol tunes vitrification and cold-crystallization of sugar alcohol for long-term thermal energy storage
Maryam Roza Yazdani, Jarkko Etula, Julie B. Zimmerman, Ari Seppälä
Abstract
Glass-transition and cold-crystallization of a sugar alcohol phase change material dispersed within ionic citrate cross-linked polyvinyl alcohol enable long-term heat storage.
Topics & Concepts
VitrificationPolyvinyl alcoholAlcoholCrystallizationSugar alcoholIonic bondingChemical engineeringChemistryThermalSugarEnergy storageThermal energy storageMaterials sciencePolymer chemistryOrganic chemistryThermodynamicsIonEngineeringPhysicsMedicineAndrologyPower (physics)Phase Change Materials ResearchAdsorption and Cooling Systems