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LANGMUIR
卷 34, 期 35, 页码 10397-10406出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02435
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- project IGF [19620 N]
- EU
- federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia [EFRE 30 00 883 02]
- Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program [18PJ1432900]
Microencapsulation of phase-change materials is of great importance for thermal energy-storage applications. In this work, we report on a facile approach to enclose paraffin in mechanically strong submicron silica capsules without the addition of any classical organic surfactants. A liquid silica precursor polymer, hyperbranched polyethoxysiloxane (PEOS), is used as both silica source and stabilizer of oil-in water emulsions because of its hydrolysis-induced interfacial activity. Hydrophobic paraffin is microencapsulated in silica with quantitative efficiency simply by emulsifying the mixture of molten paraffin and PEOS in water under ultrasonication or high-shear homogenization. The size of the capsules can be controlled by emulsification energy and rate of subsequent stirring. The silica shell, whose thickness can be easily tuned by varying the paraffin to PEOS ratio, acts as an effective barrier layer retarding significantly the evaporation of enclosed substances; meanwhile, the microencapsulated paraffin maintains the excellent phase-change performance. This technique offers a low-cost, highly scalable, and environmentally friendly process for microencapsulation of paraffin phase-change materials.
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