Abstract
Composite phase change materials have been extensively researched and applied in the field of thermal energy storage management and photo-thermal conversion. In this research, the loofah-based porous carbon (BPC) was modified with nano-Ag particles through chemical reduction method, and then a novel polyethylene glycol (PEG)/modified bio-based loofah porous carbon (BPC-Ag) shape-stable composite phase change material (SSPCM) was prepared. The experimental results indicated that the addition of nano-Ag particles not only considerably improved the thermal conductivity of the PEG/BPC-Ag composite PCMs (from 0.349 W m−1 K−1 to 0.632 W m−1 K−1) compared to the PEG/BPC composite PCMs, but also significantly improved its photo-thermal conversion efficiency (from 76.8 % to 92.3 %). In addition, the PEG/BPC-Ag has excellent thermal stability and reusability, which exhibited favorable phase change performance even after 100 thermal cycles. The results showed that the PEG/BPC-Ag has broad application prospects in the fields of photo-thermal conversion and thermal energy storage management.
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