Optimization strategies of composite phase change materials for thermal energy storage, transfer, conversion and utilization

* Corresponding authors a Institute of Advanced Materials, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P. R. China E-mail: xiaochen@bnu .cn b Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Function Materials for Molecule & Structure Construction, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of …

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