Composite Phase Change Materials (cPCMs) for Thermal Management Applications

Dear Colleagues,

The present era emphasizes novel thermal management technologies with zero-noise and zero-power to make the zero-emission electronic devices for a variety of end-users. With the advancement in the electronic, telecommunications, automotive, and solar energy harvesting industries, electronics products have shifted towards lightweight, low power consumption, faster, and miniature devices. The advanced features of electronic packages, dissipation of an extra thermal load needs to be removed to prevent potential failure during the operation mode. The reliability of electronic devices is purely based on their ability to perform preprogrammed functions under safe operating conditions. Using phase change material (PCM) as a cooling media has become a very promising cooling technology in the current era with zero-noise and zero-power consumption. While PCMs have a great potential to absorb/release excessive heat during the heating/cooling process, they however possess low thermal conductivity, especially organic PCMs. There is ongoing research on the development of novel energy storage materials in the form of composite PCMs (cPCMs) to enhance their thermophysical properties, reducing super-cooling, improving cyclic reliability, volumetric and gravimetric storage density, cPCMs-integrated thermal management applications, and scale-up. These days, the addition of highly thermal conductive metal-matrix and chemically treated surfaces of nanomaterials have taken over the key attention of researchers and scientists.

This Special Issue aims to invite the recent studies based on experimental, numerical, and theoretical analysis on the development of cPCMs and their application in the field of thermal management and efficiency enhancement in various applications. This Special Issue seeks both high-quality original research and review articles.

Dr. Adeel Arshad
Dr. Muhammad Anser Bashir
Dr. Muhammad Imran
Prof. Dr. Jo Darkwa
Guest Editors

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