Enhanced heat conduction in cellulose nanocrystals grafting polyeth- ylene glycol as solid-solid phase change materials
作者：Yannan Liu, Houyong Yu, Zongyi Qin, Long Chen
关键字：Polyethylene glycol, Cellulose nanocrystals, Phase change materials, Heat conduction
论文来源：期刊
发表时间：2012年
Green copolymers as phase change material were prepared by grafting polyethylene glycol (PEG) onto a rigid molecular skeleton of cellulose nanocrystals (CNs), and their thermal properties were studied by thermal delay method and differential scanning calorimetry. The influences of the CNs on the thermal conductivity behavior and thermal energy storage capacity of the copolymers were evaluated. As expected, a great enhancement on thermal conduction can be achieved by introducing CNs.