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Depression of melting point and latent heat of molten salts as inorganic phase change material: size effect and mechanism (2021)
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Zhang, S., Jin, Y., & Yan, Y. (2022). Depression of melting point and latent heat of molten salts as inorganic phase change material: size effect and mechanism. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 346, Article 117058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2021.117058

The depression of melting point and latent heat is a common phenomenon for nanoporous shape-stabilised phase change materials (ss-PCMs), however, the underlying mechanism is not well understood, especially from the microscopic perspective. As PCMs ar... Read More about Depression of melting point and latent heat of molten salts as inorganic phase change material: size effect and mechanism.

Thermo-physical properties prediction of carbon-based magnetic nanofluids based on an artificial neural network (2021)
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Shi, L., Zhang, S., Arshad, A., Hu, Y., He, Y., & Yan, Y. (2021). Thermo-physical properties prediction of carbon-based magnetic nanofluids based on an artificial neural network. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 149, Article 111341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.111341

Nanostructured magnetic suspensions have superior thermophysical properties, which have attracted widespread attention owing to their industrial applications for heat transfer enhancement and thermal management. However, experimental measurements of... Read More about Thermo-physical properties prediction of carbon-based magnetic nanofluids based on an artificial neural network.

Melting and thermodynamic properties of nanoscale binary chloride salt as high-temperature energy storage material (2021)
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Zhang, S., & Yan, Y. (2021). Melting and thermodynamic properties of nanoscale binary chloride salt as high-temperature energy storage material. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 25, Article 100973. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2021.100973

Phase change heat transfer in nanoporous shape-stabilised phase change materials (ss-PCMs) is of great importance for the efficient utilization of novel energy storage materials. However, the lack of thermodynamic properties hinders the study on phas... Read More about Melting and thermodynamic properties of nanoscale binary chloride salt as high-temperature energy storage material.