Research Article

Rationally Tunable Phase Change Material Thermal Properties Enabled by Three-Dimensionally Printed Structural Materials and Carbon-Based Functional Additives

Table 2

Quantitative summary of DSC analyses for 3DS-TEMCs with different infill density/MWCNT/GNP parameters. , , , and indicate the melting temperature, melting temperature latent heat, freezing temperature, and freezing temperature latent heat, respectively.

3DS-TEMCHeating periodCooling period
Infill/MWCNT/GNP (°C) (J/g) (°C) (J/g)

30%/2%/1%27.07171.5025.23167.30
60%/2%/1%27.15121.1025.17117.30
80%/2%/1%27.1392.4425.1389.64
30%/4%/1%27.20164.1025.12158.20
60%/4%/1%27.24111.1025.07111.90
80%/4%/1%27.3191.0725.1890.67
30%/6%/1%27.25154.8025.33154.10
60%/6%/1%27.29114.1025.14111.10
80%/6%/1%27.3189.4925.1787.30
30%/8%/1%27.30154.9025.20149.40
60%/8%/1%27.33107.6025.25108.70
80%/8%/1%27.2987.3025.1286.96
Octadecane27.80222.6024.98218.50