Electrospinning is one of the important methods for preparing form-stable phase change composite materials. The paper reviews the research progress of form-stable phase change composite materials by electrospinning. The preparation methods mainly include solution electrospinning
solution-solution coaxial electrospinning
melt-solution coaxial electrospinning and physical adsorption of electrospun nanofibrous mats
etc. During electrospinning
the general used solid-liquid phase change materials (e.g.
aliphatic long-chain alkanes
soy wax
fatty acids and their binary fatty acid eutectics
fatty acid esters and polyethylene glycol
etc) and supporting materials (e.g.
cellulose acetate (CA)
polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)
polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)
poly(dl-lactide) (PLA)
polyurethane (PU)
polyamide 6 (PA6)
polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and the derived carbon nanofibers