Next Generation Phase Change Materials for Energy Storage

Next Generation Phase Change Materials for Energy Storage: Fundamentals, Engineering, and Applications provides an in-depth exploration of cutting-edge phase change materials (PCMs), including salt hydrates, ionic liquids, porous-based composites, nanoengineered PCMs, and metal-organic frameworks, highlighting their synthesis, thermophysical properties, and how innovative modifications improve thermal conductivity, stability, and energy storage efficiency. Readers will gain insights into next-generation PCMs including photo-switchable, magnetically multifunctional, and thermo-responsive smart PCMs and how these advanced materials enable adaptive and on-demand thermal management, making them highly relevant for applications in energy storage, electronics, textiles, and biomedical fields. The book emphasizes eco-friendly and bioinspired PCM technologies, including nature-derived materials such as biopolymers and biochar composites. It provides solutions for key challenges in sustainable energy storage, exploring how nature-inspired microcapsules and hierarchical structures improve PCM stability, heat transfer, and environmental sustainability.