Micro/Nanomaterials for Phase Change Heat Transfer and Thermal Energy Storage
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy and Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2024) | Viewed by 1109
Special Issue Editor
Interests: phase change heat transfer on micro/nanostructured surface; supercritical fluids and heat transfer; thermal energy storage with molten-salt
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Solid, liquid and gas are the three phases of matter. Different phases have significantly different distance between molecules. The transition from one phase to another is referred to as phase change, which is accompanied by energy supplement or release that changes the distance between molecules. Thus, phase change is an effective way for heat transfer and thermal energy storage. It is widely applied in power generation, desalination, electronics cooling and thermal management. To improve the performance of phase change heat transfer and thermal energy storage, research on different micro/nanomaterials have garnered widespread attention in recent times.
This Special Issue titled ‘Micro/Nanomaterials for Phase Change Heat Transfer and Thermal Energy Storage’ aims to cover investigations of heat transfer and heat storage with functional micro/nanomaterials. We cordially invite researchers to submit their original research papers, communications, and critical reviews related to the following topics:
- Boiling, condensation and freezing on micro/nanostructured surfaces;
- Evaporation and boiling of nanofluids;
- MOF material and micro/nanoparticles for thermal energy storage;
- Heat pipe with porous materials;
- Electronics cooling with microchannel;
- solar-driven desalination with micro/ nanomaterial.
Dr. Jian Xie
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- condensation
- boiling
- evaporation
- heat transfer
- heat storage
- nanofluid
- micro/nanostructured surface
- nanoparticle
- microchannel
- porous material