Ionic cross-linked polyvinyl alcohol tunes vitrification and cold-crystallization of sugar alcohol for long-term thermal energy storage
Yazdani M, Etula J, Zimmerman J, Seppälä A. Ionic cross-linked polyvinyl alcohol tunes vitrification and cold-crystallization of sugar alcohol for long-term thermal energy storage. Green Chemistry 2020, 22: 5447-5462. DOI: 10.1039/d0gc01427c.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchX-ray diffractionDifferential scanning calorimetryPolyvinyl alcoholThermogravimetric analysisPhase change materialElectron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopyCross-linked polyvinyl alcoholStrong intermolecular interactionsDispersive X-ray spectroscopyUnique propertiesCross-linked matrixMaterials unique propertiesX-ray spectroscopyHydrogen bondingIntermolecular interactionsCross linkerOptical microscopyPolymeric matrixUndesired crystallizationFourier transformScanning calorimetryNew sustainable materialsChange materialsPVA matrixThermal stability