Zhubin Yao,Jiekai Xie,Tieqiang Fu,Yunjun Luo,Xiaoqing Yang
Mainstream phase change material (PCM) for the thermal management of battery modules has been suffering from the leakage issue due to the weak capillary condensation from its micron-scaled polymer framework. Therefore, in this work, we design a high-stable and leakage-proof composite PCM (CPCM) by in-situ constructing a nano-scaled resorcinol-furfural polymer framework (RF-PF) in PCM via a one-pot strategy. Compared to classical micron-scaled framework of epoxy resin, the nano-scaled RF-PF stacks into a three-dimensionally mesoporous structure, and thus provides a much more intensive adsorbability towards PCM to prevent leakage. The mass retention rate of the RF-PF-based CPCM (RF-CPCM) during the leakage tests is up to 99.84 wt%. Combining with the suitable thermo-physical properties including a phase change enthalpy of 107.18 J g −1 , phase change temperature region of 40– ∼ 55 °C and thermal conductivity of 1.58 W m −1 K −1 , the RF-CPCM demonstrates effective and stable thermal management performances towards the pouch and cylindrical battery modules. For example, the temperature of the pouch battery module can be controlled below 41.15, 44.16 and 46.82 °C during 0.5-C, 1-C and 2-C discharges, respectively. During the accelerated aging test, the leakage trace appearing on the traditional CPCM module, is effectively overcome in the RF-CPCM module.
Phase-change materials with high latent heat can release and absorb large amounts of heat, which has potential application in various fields such as energy storage, electronic devices, and electrical vehicles (EVs). However, there is still a need to improve thermal conductivity and antileakage performances. Herein, a three-dimensional (3D) metal–organic hydrogel (HGL) has been prepared by chelating metal ions and organic acids, and the composite phase-change material (CPCM) containing paraffin, HGL and styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer (SBS) and expanded graphite (PSHE) is designed and prepared. The experimental results show that PSHE exhibits high thermal conductivity (1.64 W/m·K), good thermal stability (98.68%), and super enthalpy (185.4 J/g). It is contributed that the presence of zinc ions in HGL with 3D structure can not only reduce the leakage of PA at high temperature but also improve the thermal conductivity of CPCM. Especially, PSHE2 with HGL: SBS exhibits optimum thermal conductivity at 1:1 ratio, which improves nearly five times than that of PA. Additionally, even at 2 C discharge rate, the maximum temperature (Tmax) and maximum temperature difference (ΔTmax) of battery module with PSHE2 can be controlled below 45.6 and 3.5 °C, respectively. It reveals that PSHE2 can guarantee the long-term cycling stability and thermal stability. Thus, this research can elucidate intrinsically high thermal conductivity and thermal stability CPCM, which has great prospect for next-generation energy storage and EVs fields.
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