Table 2.

Overview of chemical modification to enhance composite PCMs’ thermal conductivity

Method of chemical modificationPCMThermal conductivity of PCMs kp W/(m·K)Chemical processingComposite PCMsThermal conductivity of composite PCM kc W/(m·K)Improvement: %Ref
DopingMA-SA0.17Nitrogen-doped porous carbonNPC/MA-SA0.37217.65203 
 PA0.28Nitrogen doped graphenePA/NDG1.73617204 
 Paraffin0.28Mesoporous carbonsParaffin/ C-900-850.35125205 
Graft functional groupsPEG0.298CNTs grafted MOFs(PEG) /CNT@ MOFs0.464200.9206 
 SA0.18MIL-101-NH2SA/MOFs0.51283.3207 
 Paraffin0.2312Grafted CNTs-C18Paraffin/CNTs0.7903341.68208 
 n-octadecane0.19Octadecyl amine grafted graphene oxide (GO-ODA)n-octadecanemelamine formaldehyde (MF) resin/GO-ODA0.26136.84209 

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