Review on Advances and Challenges of Phase Change Material (PCM)

Having a reliable, low-cost, and always available energy production system has announced the energy storage systems as an important candidate. There are different methods to store renewable energies, which the storage of latent heat energy is more important one because of its ability to generate high energy storage density at constant temperature (phase change phase). Organic or inorganic compounds that are capable of absorbing and storing large amounts of heat energy are called phase-change materials. Due to the high efficiency and high capicity of phase-change materials in energy storage systems, the use of these materials in recent years has attracted many developed countries. The purpose of this paper is to review the various types of phase-change materials, the application systems and the other researches on these materials.