Synthesis of Modified Phase-Changing Material with Latent Heat and Thermal Conductivity to Store Solar Energy Using a Carbon Nanotube

Table 2

Characteristics of the n-hexadecanol and microencapsulated PCM improved with hydroxylated carbon nanotubes in varied quantities.

Samples	Melting process					Crystalizing process
	n-Hexadecanol	46.2	—	52.1	242.2	47.2	39.2	44.2	240.2	239.6
MicroPCM-0.0	37.1	43	52.1	183.6	48.5	30.1	44.6	179.8	179.4	73.8
MicroPCM-0.1	37.1	42.4	52.8	178.2	48.4	30.3	44.5	172.8	176.6	71.8
MicroPCM-0.2	38.1	42.9	52.5	183.6	48.6	32.4	44.8	180.4	179.8	74.6
MicroPCM-0.3	38.3	44.1	50.4	174.6	48.5	30.5	44.7	170.6	178.4	73.8
MicroPCM-0.4	38.2	43.6	53.3	170.1	48.6	30.7	44.5	166.6	164.3	71.4
MicroPCM-0.5	38.6	43.4	53.3	159.6	48.4	30.4	44.6	156.6	154.2	66.8
MicroPCM-0.6	38.7	41.8	52.2	158.5	48.6	28.6	44.7	154.9	152.2	63.8