Enhanced thermophysical properties of Metal oxide nanoparticles embedded magnesium nitrate hexahydrate based nanocomposite for thermal energy storage applications

This paper investigates the effect of metal oxide (MOx) nanoparticles on thermophysical properties of phase change material (PCM) for thermal energy storage applications. Different types of (MOx) nanoparticles include Titanium di-oxide (TiO2), Zinc oxide (ZnO), Ferric oxide (Fe2O3) and Silicon di-oxide (SiO2) were added independently in the magnesium nitrate hexahydrate, an inorganic salt hydrate PCM, to form PCM-metal oxide nanocomposite by...