The compound “marennine” is a blue–green pigment produced by the benthic microalgae Haslea ostrearia, with pathogenicity reduction activities against some bacteria and promising potential as a natural pigment in seafood industries....
The essential part of the flake graphite flotation apparatus is a micro-bubble generator. Developing a micro-bubble generator with a reasonable structure and superior self-absorption performance is crucial to improving flake graphite sorting. In this...
The influence of graphite morphology on the phase, microstructure and properties of hot dipping and diffusion aluminizing (HDDA) coating on flake/spheroidal graphite cast iron (FC/FCD) was investigated. The microstructure and properties of the HDDA c...
In the thermal energy storage system, the thermal properties of phase change materials (PCM) have a great influence on the system performance. In this paper, paraffin-based composite phase change material with different graphite additive (expanded gr...
This research focuses on the thermal properties of three distinctive paraffin waxes—PCMA, PCMB, and PCMC—each characterized by a specific melting point. The crucial phase transition temperature intervals and latent heat values were examin...
Paraffin is one of the most common and promising phase change materials to store and release thermal energy. The inadequacy of paraffin lies in its low thermal conductivity, which affects its further application on thermal energy storage. In this wor...
The ground-state phase diagrams of He adsorbed on graphene and graphite are calculated using quantum simulation methods. In this work, a systematic investigation of the approximations used in such simulations is carried out. Particular focus...
In order to study the effects of the pore structure and pore size of porous carrier material on the phase transformation behavior of composite phase change materials (CPCMs), the pore structure and pore sizes of three different sizes of expanded grap...
In this research, a preconcentration procedure was developed for the sequential determination of chromium and vanadium using high-resolution continuum source graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (HR-CS GFAAS). Due to low concentrations, ch...
Low- and ultra-low-grade thermal energy have significant recycling value for energy saving and carbon footprint reduction. Efficient thermal energy storage technology based on phase change materials (PCMs) will help improve heat recovery. This study...
This study aims to clarify the influence mechanism of air–water–mineral three-phase flow behavior on separation efficiency in a graphite flotation column, addressing the issues of over-breaking of coarse graphite flakes and low recovery o...
Paraffin wax (PW) has significant potential for spacecraft thermal management, but low thermal conductivity and leakage issues make it no longer sufficient for the requirements of evolving spacecraft thermal control systems. Although free-state expan...
Organic phase change materials show potential for thermal energy storage, but their scalable implementation is limited by fixed phase change temperatures, molten leakage, and low thermal conductivity. To address the temperature constraint, a binary e...
High-power lithium-ion capacitors (LiC) are hybrid energy storage systems (EES) with the combined benefits of lithium-ion batteries (LiB) and supercapacitors, such as high specific energy, high specific power, and a long lifetime. Such advanced techn...
Phase-change cold storage technology is recommended as a solution for energy conservation and carbon neutrality in air conditioning systems of buildings. This study focuses on the development of binary composite phase-change materials comprising octa...
A novel composite phase change material (CPCM), capric–myristic acid/expanded graphite (CA–MA/EG) CPCM, was prepared by absorbing liquid CA–MA (as the phase change material (PCM)) into EG (as the substrate material) for heat storage...
In this work, expanded graphite/paraffin/silicone rubber composite phase-change materials (PCMs) were prepared by blending the expanded graphite (EG), paraffin wax (PW) and silicone rubber (SR) matrix. It has been shown that PW fully penetrates into...
The thermal conductivity of expanded graphite plate (EGP) and/or multi-wall carbon nanotube (MWCNT)-filled, shape-stabilized, phase change material (SSPCM), based on paraffin, high-density polyethylene (HDPE), and styrene-butadiene-styrene copolymer...
Herein, novel, loose, and porous graphite phase carbon nitride/porous carbon (g-C3N4@PC) composites were prepared by decorating cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs). The characterization results demonstrate that the as-prepared composites presented high spe...
Using phase change materials (PCMs) in building envelopes became a reliable method to improve indoor comfort and reduce buildings’ energy consumption. This research developed molecular-bridged expanded graphite (EG)/polyethylene glycol (PEG) co...
The aim of this study was to enhance the thermal comfort properties of crude glycerol (CG) derived polyurethane foams (PUFs) using phase change materials (PCMs) (2.5–10.0% (wt/wt)) to contribute to the reduction of the use of non-renewable reso...
Graphitic phase carbon nitride (g-C3N4) is a promising photocatalytic environmental material. For this study, the graphitic phase carbon nitride was prepared using a thermal polymerization method. The characteristic peaks, structures, and morphologie...
Direct harvesting of abundant solar thermal energy within organic phase-change materials (PCMs) has emerged as a promising way to overcome the intermittency of renewable solar energy and pursue high-efficiency heating-related applications. Organic PC...
The thermal history of carbon phases, including graphite and diamond, in the ureilite meteorites has implications for the formation, igneous evolution, and impact disruption of their parent body early in the history of the Solar System. Geothermometr...
Diamond-silicon carbide (SiC) polycrystalline composite blends are studied using a computational approach combining molecular dynamics (MD) simulations for obtaining grain boundary (GB) fracture properties and phase field mechanics for capturing poly...
In this study, graphene production via liquid-phase exfoliation assisted by sonication was evaluated using deionized water as a solvent and two graphite sources: one recovered from spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and a commercial counterpart. A 75...
This study addresses the thermal management challenge in battery systems by enhancing phase change material composites with Ni-P and Ni-P-Cu coatings on phase change material/expanded graphite structures. Traditional phase change materials are limite...
The mass content of expanded graphite (EG) in fatty acid/expanded graphite composite phase-change materials (CPCMs) affects their thermal properties. In this study, a series of capric–myristic acid/expanded graphite CPCMs with different EG mass...
With the rapid depletion of natural graphite, the synthesis of artificial graphite from high-carbon precursors has garnered growing interest. However, conventional artificial graphitization typically requires extremely high temperatures. This study d...
Functionalization of graphite is crucial for efficient and effective exfoliation to graphene. When negative charges are fixed to the edges of natural graphite, the resulting anionic graphite shows negative charging in a polar solvent. This enhanced n...
Lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery cells are influenced by high energy, reliability, and robustness. However, they produce a noticeable amount of heat during the charging and discharging process. This paper presents an optimal thermal management system (TM...
Energy piles—A fairly new renewable energy concept—Use a ground heat exchanger (GHE) in the foundation piles to supply heating and cooling loads to the supported building. Applying phase change materials (PCMs) to piles can help in maintaining a stab...
This paper presents the preparation and thermal/physical characterization of phase change materials (PCMs) based on poly(ethylene glycol) 400 g·mol−1 and nano-enhanced by either carbon black (CB), a raw graphite/diamond nanomixture (G/D-...
Nano-iron-modified biochar (Fe-SC) has emerged as a promising adsorbent for pollutant removal. However, how pyrolysis temperature changes its iron phases and affects Sb(III) removal remains unclear. In this work, Fe-SC was prepared at three pyrolysis...
Paraffin phase change materials (PCMs) exhibit great potential in battery thermal management (BTM); nevertheless, their application has been hampered by the handicap of low thermal conductivity, leakage, and volume expansion during phase transition....
Gray cast iron (GJL) is known for its excellent damping property and high thermal conductivity, thanks to its unique lamellar graphite and pearlite structure. In a recent study, laser metal deposition (LMD) was explored as a potential process to enha...
When using valves and pipes, erosion wear is a major issue. Erosion wear can result in equipment shutdown, material replacement, and other issues, as well as the failure of sealing surfaces. The depth of erosion wear is primarily determined by partic...
We review the theoretical model underpinning the recently reported room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductivity along line defects on the surface of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite. The main ingredients for this 1D room-temperature superco...
Graphite lacquer was simply sprayed on glass and low-density polyethylene (LDPE) substrates to obtain large area films. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) images, Raman spectra, X Ray Diffraction (XRD) spectra and current-voltage characteristics show...
Among the several methods of producing graphene, the liquid-phase exfoliation of graphite is attractive because of a simple and easy procedure, being expected for mass production. The dispersibility of graphene can be improved by adding a dispersant...
In this work, carbon dot-decorated graphite carbon nitride composites (CDs/g-C3N4) were synthesized and innovatively used as a SPME coating for the sensitive determination of chlorobenzenes (CBs) from water samples, coupled with gas chromatography&nd...
Phase change material (PCM) is a kind of thermal energy storage material. Solid-liquid PCM composite materials must overcome the issues of material leakage and low thermal conductivity before they are suitable for widespread use in the fields of buil...
An artificial aging study of novel heat absorbers based on phase change materials (PCMs) prepared from recycled high-density polyethylene (HDPE), paraffin wax (PW), and expanded graphite (EG) was investigated. The optimal composition of PCMs containe...
Particle and gas flow characteristics are numerically simulated by means of a proposed gas–particle second-order moment two-fluid model with particle kinetic–friction stress model in a bubbling fluidized bed. Anisotropic behaviors of gas&...
The efficiency and economy of an ASHP (air source heat pump) can be significantly improved in a cold area by combining it with a TESU (thermal energy storage unit). The work of looking for a phase change material with a suitable temperature range, a...
The single-crystal diamond (SCD), owing to its extreme physical and chemical properties, serves as an ideal substrate for quantum sensing and high-frequency devices. However, crystal anisotropy imposes significant challenges on fabricating high-quali...
Phase change materials (PCMs), which can absorb and release large amounts of latent heat during phase change, have been extensively studied for heat storage and thermal management. However, technical bottlenecks regarding low thermal conductivity and...
A common phase change material (PCM) utilized for thermal energy storage is paraffin wax (PW). However, the applicability and thermal energy storage effectiveness of PW are constrained by its leakage and poor thermal conductivity. By using the melting-b...
Shape-stabilized phase change material (SSPCM) is a promising thermal energy storage material in energy-saving buildings. However, its flammability leads to a fire risk. The conventional bulk addition method has a limited flame-retardant effect. Here...
The performance of solar-thermal conversion systems can be improved by incorporation of encapsulated phase change materials. In this study, for the first time, CrodathermTM 60 as a phase change material (PCM) was successfully encapsulated within poly...
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