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Study of the melting performance of shell-and-tube latent heat thermal energy storage …

Numerical results demonstrate that the LHTES units strengthened by the finned metal foam with graded porosity achieve the shortest melting time and largest thermal energy storage rate (TESR). The graded porous structure reduces thermal resistance, rotation enhances flow and heat transfer inside the container, and the fins expand the …

Encapsulating Si nanoparticles in multi-shell hollow spheres: An …

Abstract. Silicon is an appealing lithium-ion battery anode material; unfortunately, it is confronted with unsatisfactory cyclability owing to its large volume …

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In Situ Catalytic Encapsulation of Core-Shell Nanoparticles …

Combining RAFT Polymerization and Thiol–Ene Click Reaction for Core–Shell Structured Polymer@BaTiO3 Nanodielectrics with High Dielectric Constant, Low Dielectric Loss, and …

General Dimension‐Controlled Synthesis of Hollow Carbon Embedded with Metal Singe Atoms or Core–Shell Nanoparticles for Energy Storage ...

Metal–organic framework (MOF) derived carbonaceous nanocomposites have recently received enormous interest due to their intriguing physiochemical properties and diverse energy applications. However, there is a lack of general synthetic approaches that can achieve flexible dimension control while manipulating metal dispersion of MOF …

Ceramic encapsulated metal phase change material for high temperature thermal energy storage …

A process for producing a metal phase change material was developed. • For the first time, Al metal has been encapsulated in SiC as a liquid. Thermal energy storage (TES) is a broad-based technology for reducing CO 2 emissions and advancing concentrating solar, fossil, and nuclear power through improvements in efficiency and …

Decorating nanoporous ZIF-67-derived NiCo2O4 shells on a Co3O4 nanowire array core for battery-type electrodes with enhanced energy storage ...

Constructing metal–organic framework-derived core–shell nanostructures is a promising route to overcome this obstacle. In this work, a layer of ZIF-67-derived nanoporous NiCo 2 O 4 nanoflakes was perfectly decorated on a Co 3 O 4 nanowire array to build up a core–shell nanowire array architecture.

Controlled synthesis of transition metal oxide multi-shell …

Multi-shell transition metal oxide hollow spheres show great potential for applications in energy storage because of their unique multilayered hollow structure …

Design and operating evaluation of a finned shell-and-tube thermal energy storage unit filled with metal …

This paper introduced a further heat transfer enhancement technique by inserting porous metal foam into the fin interstitials for a shell-and-tube thermal energy storage unit. The energy charging/discharging were evaluated by means of indicators including complete melting/solidification time, heat transfer coefficient, temperature …

Carbon-based core–shell nanostructured materials for electrochemical energy storage …

Materials with a core–shell structure have received considerable attention owing to their interesting properties for their application in supercapacitors, Li-ion batteries, hydrogen storage and other electrochemical energy storage systems. Due to their porosities mimicking natural systems, large surface area

Metal-semiconductor core–shell nanomaterials for energy …

CS nanomaterials have been successfully employed in energy conversion and storage applications like solar cells, fuel cells, rechargeable batteries, supercapacitors, and so on. This chapter discusses the role of CS nanomaterials for energy conversion and energy storage, especially by fuel cells, supercapacitors, and lithium-ion batteries and ...

Insights into charge storage and electroactivation of mixed metal sulfides in alkaline media: NiCoMn ternary metal …

Mixed metal sulfides have recently attracted great attention for energy storage applications due to their low cost and enhanced electrical/electrochemical performance compared to oxide/hydroxide analogues. Despite of being demonstrated as high performance energy storage electrode materials, a profound unders

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Review Recent progress in core–shell structural materials …

Core-shell structures allow optimization of battery performance by adjusting the composition and ratio of the core and shell to enhance stability, energy …

Unraveling the energy storage mechanism in graphene-based …

1 · Fundamental concept of gap-enhanced Raman spectroscopy The sandwich configuration of the Au substrate coupled with shell-isolated nanoparticles to enhance the …

Carbon-based core–shell nanostructured materials for …

Materials with a core–shell structure have received considerable attention owing to their interesting properties for their application in supercapacitors, Li-ion batteries, hydrogen storage and …

Energies | Free Full-Text | Thermal Performance of a PCM-Based Thermal Energy Storage with Metal Foam Enhancement …

The energy transport inside a phase change material (PCM) based thermal energy storage system using metal foam as an enhancement technique is investigated numerically. The paraffin is used as the PCM and water as the heat transfer fluid (HTF). The transient heat transfer during the charging and discharging processes is …

Thermal energy storage performance of paraffin in a novel tube-in-shell …

In this study, the latent heat thermal energy storage system of the shell-and-tube type is analyzed experimentally. A novel design for the storage unit whose geometry is consistent with the melting/solidification characteristics of phase change materials (PCMs) is introduced. Three kinds of paraffin with different melting temperatures …

High-Quality Metal Oxide Core/Shell Nanowire Arrays …

Our growth approach offers a new technique for the design and synthesis of transition metal oxide or hydroxide hierarchical nanoarrays that are promising for electrochemical energy storage, catalysis, and gas …

Metal-organic framework-derived self-grown core-shell V2O5 for high-performance zinc ion storage …

Selecting vanadium-based metal-organic frameworks (V-MOF) as reactants, we successfully obtained vanadium oxide precursors with self-growing core-shell structures in one-step. As the reaction time increases, the vanadium oxide precursors undergo the process of microspheres → core-shell → yolk shell, which is thought to be …

Latent heat thermal energy storage in a shell-tube: A wavy partial layer of metal …

A schematic view of a shell-tube latent heat thermal energy storage unit is depicted in Fig. 1.As seen, a bundle of tubes is packed inside a shell enclosure. Inside, the enclosure is filled with PCM. A wavy layer of open-cell metal foam is …

Multiple-segment metal foam application in the shell-and-tube PCM thermal energy storage …

This study describes a new approach for heat-transfer enhancement in PCM-based shell-and-tube thermal energy storage systems by employing multiple-segment or cascaded metal foam. The principle is based on the fact that temperature gradient across the PCM during the phase change reduces significantly in the heat flow …

Core-shell nanomaterials: Applications in energy storage and …

For instance, coating noble metal or metal oxides, as a monoatomic layer on the surface of non-noble metal-based nanocomposites ( e.g., Co, Fe or Ni), can …

Core-shell nanomaterials: Applications in energy storage and …

Due to the unique physical and chemical properties, core-shell structured nanomaterials have been widely used in energy storage and conversion. For instance, coating noble metal or metal oxides, as a monoatomic layer on the surface of non-noble metal-based nanocomposites ( e.g., Co, Fe or Ni), can produce cost effective and atomic …

Enhancing thermal performance in shell-and-tube latent heat thermal energy storage units: An experimental and numerical study of shell …

The circular shell had an inner diameter of 90 mm and a length of 120 mm. Two nested copper tubes, with diameters of 9 mm and 19.05 mm, were concentrically placed to transfer heat from the HTF (heat transfer fluid) to the PCM. As depicted in Fig. 3, hot water enters the system through the inner tube at the inlet of the HX.. Upon reaching the end, it …

The energy storage application of core-/yolk–shell structures in …

Specifically, their large surface area, optimum void space, porosity, cavities, and diffusion length facilitate faster ion diffusion, thus promoting energy storage …

Designing heterostructured metal sulfide core-shell nanoneedle films as battery-type electrodes for hybrid supercapacitors …

Metal sulfide electrodes, which can meet the need of new energy materials, are one of the most representative candidates in energy devices. Here, a universal method is developed to in-situ grow a series of battery-type metal sulfide core-shell nanoneedle films (i.e., Co 9 S 8 -MoS 2, Co 9 S 8 -NiS 2, Co 9 S 8 -NiCo 2 S 4, NiCo 2 S 4 -CuS, …

A Novel Shell-and-tube Thermal Energy Storage Tank: Modeling …

Mao et al. (2019) investigated the heat transfer performance in a novel shell-andtube thermal energy storage ... The metal foam/phase change material (PCM) composite is a promising material in the ...

Enhancement of melting performance in a shell and tube thermal energy storage …

This paper concerns enhancement of melting performance in a shell and tube thermal energy storage device containing different structures and materials. Four enhanced approaches including topology optimized fin, metal foam, longitudinal fin and form-stable composite phase change material (PCM) were evaluated and compared …