China Plastics ›› 2022, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (6): 32-38.DOI: 10.19491/j.issn.1001-9278.2022.06.006

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Preparation and performance of liquid paraffin/polysulfone resin/nano⁃SiO2 composite phase change materials

ZHANG Yunfeng(), ZHONG Wei, ZHANG Lu, LAN Zhixing, DONG Zhibo   

  1. School of Energy and Power Engineering,Changsha University of Science and Technology,Changsha 410114,China
  • Received:2022-02-07 Online:2022-06-26 Published:2022-06-27

Abstract:

A novel type of microencapsulated phase change material (PCM) with a liquid paraffin wax core, a polysulfone shell, and a nano?SiO2 inlay was synthesized through a solvent evaporation method, and its structure and properties were characterized using SEM, FTIR, DSC, and TGA. The results indicated that the resultant microcapsules obtained the smallest particle size of 164.8 μm at a nano?SiO2 addition amount of 5 wt %. There is an optimal enthalpy and encapsulation efficiency for the microcapsules, resulting in a melting enthalpy of 88.03 J/g, a crystallization enthalpy of 86.48 J/g, and a packaging efficiency of 57.37 %. The FTIR analysis indicated that the chemical structure of the phase?change microcapsules was not affected by the addition of nano?SiO2. The particle size of the microcapsules increased by the modification of nano?SiO2, and their surface structure showed small voids. Meanwhile, their phase?change performance and thermal stability were improved.

Key words: microencapsulation, phase change material, solvent evaporation method, thermal property

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