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    Innovative Solution for Thermal Energy Storage

    March 11, 2022, Categories  Physics

    The paper, “High power and energy density dynamic phase change materials using pressure-enhanced close contact melting” by Wuchen Fu, Yashraj Gurumukhi, Xiao Yan, Vivek S. Garimella, William P. King, and Nenad Miljkovic, is available at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-022-00986-y. Miljkovic is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Science & Engineering (MechSE) and researcher in the Materials Research Lab at UIUC. Fu, Gurumukhi, and Garimella are graduate students in his group, and Yan was formerly his postdoc. King is the Ralph A. Andersen Endowed Chair in MechSE and MRL.

    Have you ever gotten relief from summertime heat by draping a wet towel over your head? If so, you’ve benefited from a phase-change material (PCM): a substance that releases or absorbs energy when it ...

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