Journal
JOURNAL OF ENERGY STORAGE
Volume 55, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2022.105815
Keywords
Porous carbon fiber; Carbon foam; Kapok fiber; Electric heating; Electric thermal storage
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Funding
- National Key Research and Development Program of China
- Young Elite Scientist Sponsorship Program by CAST
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
- [2018YFC1901503]
- [YESS20200103]
- [265QZ2022004]
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This article presents a novel porous carbon fiber foam connected by the inorganic compound aluminum phosphate as a solution to the challenge of practical application in carbon-based electrothermal composites. The hierarchical carbon fiber structure and strong interfacial interactions enable fast heating response, high balance temperature, and stable surface temperature distribution. The further prepared CKFC/paraffin composite exhibits an ultrahigh heat storage efficiency.
Electric heating, as a kind of clean heating approach, has aroused worldwide interest due to its exceptional energy conservation, high efficiency, and random switching modulation. However, it is still a great challenge on the practical application of carbon-based electrothermal composites, since the degradation of material long-time operation performances caused by the agglomeration of carbon fillers and the aging of polymer substrates. Herein, we propose a novel porous carbon fiber foam connected by the inorganic compound aluminum phosphate (CKFC), based on the kapok fibers via a vacuum impregnation and carbonization process. The additive agent, including aluminum dihydrogen phosphate and iron(III) chloride hexahydrate, could help to maintain the hollow cylindrical structure, produce more micropores in the carbon fibers, and ensure the fibers are firmly bonded together. The hierarchical carbon fiber structure and strong interfacial interactions endow the CKFC composite with fast heating response speed, high balance temperature under low input voltages (below 36 V), uniform surface temperature distribution, and desirable service stability during the electric heating. Impressively, the further prepared CKFC/paraffin composite exhibits an ultrahigh heat storage efficiency (97.9 %), which could also quickly raise the temperature to 45 degrees C within safety voltage and delay the heat release. Therefore, we believe that the CKFC/paraffin composite with excellent electric heating and electric thermal storage performances could hold great promise for the practical application in electric indoor heating.
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