Encapsulation of stearic acid with different PMMA-hybrid shell materials for thermotropic materials

Nurten Şahan; Daniel Nigon; Susan C Mantell; Jane H Davidson; Halime Paksoy

doi:10.1016/j.solener.2019.04.026

Encapsulation of stearic acid with different PMMA-hybrid shell materials for thermotropic materials

Nurten Şahan, Daniel Nigon, Susan C Mantell, Jane H Davidson, Halime Paksoy

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Abstract

In this study, we synthesized and characterized particles with a stearic acid (SA) core encapsulated in poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and four PMMA-hybrid shell materials. The objective was to create spherical particles with diameters of several hundred nanometers for use as the dispersed phase in thermotropic materials for overheat protection of polymer solar absorbers. Encapsulation was accomplished by emulsion polymerization. The composition, morphology and thermal properties of the encapsulated particles were characterized by scanning and transmission microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectral analysis, digital scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetry. There were no chemical interactions between core and shell materials. The mean diameter and the thickness of the encapsulating shell varied over relatively narrow ranges of 110–360 nm, and 17–60 nm, respectively, depending on the functional groups of the shell. Based on published recommendations for size and shell thickness for thermotropic materials for overheat protection of polymer solar absorbers, particles encapsulated with polymethylmethacrylate-co-2-hydroxy-ethylacrylate (PMMA-HEA) shell and with polymethylmethacrylate-styrene (PMMA-S) shell are good candidates for further evaluation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	466-476
Number of pages	11
Journal	Solar Energy
Volume	184
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2019.04.026
State	Published - May 15 2019

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The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support provided by the TUBITAK under the Project No: 213M650 and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) under grant EFRI-1038307 and the University of Minnesota Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment. Parts of this work were carried out in the Characterization Facility at the University of Minnesota, which receives partial support from NSF through the MRSEC program. Jason Myers and Nicholas Seaton performed the TEM analysis. The authors wish to thank Dr. Adam Gladen for his helpful discussion of selection of candidate materials.

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© 2019 International Solar Energy Society

Keywords

Microencapsulation
PMMA
Phase change material
Stearic acid
Thermal energy storage
Thermotropic material

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Encapsulation of stearic acid with different PMMA-hybrid shell materials for thermotropic materials

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