Effect of shape and size of carbon materials on the thermophysical properties of magnesium nitrate hexahydrate for solar thermal energy storage applications

In this paper, the effect of various carbon materials having different shapes and sizes on the thermophysical properties of magnesium nitrate hexahydrate (MNH), salt hydrate is studied. The carbon materials such as carbon sphere, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), mesoporous carbon, graphene nanoplatelets(GNPs), and nano graphite (NG) were used as filler independently in the matrix of MNH to prepare MNH-carbon composite by melt mixing...