Investigating the effect of crystallizability and glass transition temperature of supporting materials for preparing high enthalpy electrospun poly(lactic acid)/poly(ethylene glycol) phase change fibers

Y. Jia; G. Liao; Y. Wu; O. Mykhaylyk; P.D. Topham; X.-H. Dong; C. Chen; Q. Yu; L. Wang

doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2023.112322

Investigating the effect of crystallizability and glass transition temperature of supporting materials for preparing high enthalpy electrospun poly(lactic acid)/poly(ethylene glycol) phase change fibers

Y. Jia, G. Liao, Y. Wu, O. Mykhaylyk, P.D. Topham, X.-H. Dong, C. Chen, Q. Yu, L. Wang

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Form-stable phase change fibers (PCFs) that are composed of stable supporting material (as polymer matrix) and phase change material (PCM, as working ingredient) have become novel smart materials, being widely applied in energy storage, thermal regulation and the biomedical field. However, the inherent limitation of PCFs is the restriction of the supporting material on the crystallization of the PCM, which results in low phase change enthalpy (ΔH). Here, six different types of PCF comprised of poly(lactic acid) (PLA, as supporting material) and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG, as PCM) have been fabricated. Their morphology, phase change performance and structural transitions during phase change have been extensively studied. We reveal that the crystallizability and glass transition temperature of PLA have a dominating influence on ΔH. In the optimum system, PLA/PEG PCFs can achieve up to 104 J/g ΔH which is close to the theoretical value of pristine PEG. This high-performance PCF also exhibits only 2.5% ΔH loss after 100 thermal cycles and good ability in thermal energy storage and thermal regulation. This work provides a promising form-stable PCF and introduces a new strategy towards developing high ΔH PCFs by selecting suitable supporting materials.

Original language	English
Article number	112322
Journal	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Volume	256
Early online date	15 Apr 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2023.112322
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2023

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Funding Information:
The authors thank the financial support from the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2021YFB3802700 ), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. U22A20316 and 51890871 ), Guangdong Project (No. 2016ZT06C322 ), Overseas Expertise Introduction Center for Discipline Innovation ( “111 Center” ) and Guangdong University Student Science and Technology Innovation Cultivation Special Fund Project (No. pdjh2023b0038 ).

Copyright © 2023. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Keywords

High phase change enthalpy
Phase change fibers
Structural transition
Thermal energy storage
Thermal regulation

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Jia, Y., Liao, G., Wu, Y., Mykhaylyk, O., Topham, P. D., Dong, X.-H., Chen, C., Yu, Q., & Wang, L. (2023). Investigating the effect of crystallizability and glass transition temperature of supporting materials for preparing high enthalpy electrospun poly(lactic acid)/poly(ethylene glycol) phase change fibers. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 256, Article 112322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2023.112322

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Jia, Y, Liao, G, Wu, Y, Mykhaylyk, O, Topham, PD, Dong, X-H, Chen, C, Yu, Q & Wang, L 2023, 'Investigating the effect of crystallizability and glass transition temperature of supporting materials for preparing high enthalpy electrospun poly(lactic acid)/poly(ethylene glycol) phase change fibers', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 256, 112322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2023.112322

Investigating the effect of crystallizability and glass transition temperature of supporting materials for preparing high enthalpy electrospun poly(lactic acid)/poly(ethylene glycol) phase change fibers. / Jia, Y.; Liao, G.; Wu, Y. et al.
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Jia Y, Liao G, Wu Y, Mykhaylyk O, Topham PD, Dong XH et al. Investigating the effect of crystallizability and glass transition temperature of supporting materials for preparing high enthalpy electrospun poly(lactic acid)/poly(ethylene glycol) phase change fibers. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 2023 Jul 1;256:112322. Epub 2023 Apr 15. doi: 10.1016/j.solmat.2023.112322

Investigating the effect of crystallizability and glass transition temperature of supporting materials for preparing high enthalpy electrospun poly(lactic acid)/poly(ethylene glycol) phase change fibers

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