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. 2025 Apr 22;18(11):2500288. doi: 10.1002/cssc.202500288

Table 5.

Summary of SSPCMs with biomass‐derived carbonaceous supports from articles published between 2018 and 2024.

Bioresourcea ) Thermal treatment PCM | T m [°C] Loading [wt%] Melting enthalpy at 1st cycle [J g−1] Melting enthalpy at n cycles | % retention Thermal conductivity [W m−1 K−1] | increase [%] Photothermal conversion efficiency [%] References
Poplar wood Washed in water 1‐TDO | 37.2 60.1 138.7 n/a n/a n/a [104]
Poplar wood 1000 °C (N2) 1‐TDO | 37.2 73.4 165.8 200 | 84.4 0.52–0.66a | 115.8–173.9 n/a [104]
Cotton MgO | 700 °C (Ar) 1‐HDO | 51.4 85.0 204.4 200 | 98.0 0.37a | 5.7 n/a [111]
Cotton MgO | 800 °C (Ar) 1‐HDO | 51.4 90.0 219.4 200 | 95.4 0.40a | 14.3 n/a [111]
Cotton MgO | 900 °C (Ar) 1‐HDO | 51.4 88.0 215.5 200 | 90.6 0.41a | 17.1 n/a [111]
Succulent 1000 °C (vacuum) Paraffin | 40.8 62.8 83.6 n/a n/a 82.0@300 mW cm−2 [119]
Succulent 1000 °C (vacuum) Paraffin | 40.8 94.8 133.1 n/a 0.31a | 25.0 n/a [119]
Fresh potato 1300 °C (N2) PEG 4000 | 58.8 85.4 158.8 n/a 4.49b | 951.0 n/a [110]
White radish 1300 °C (N2) PEG 4000 | 58.8 89.8 159.7 n/a 1.75b | 309.8 n/a [110]
Sunflower straw 400 °C Stearic acid | 68.1 83.7 186.1 n/a 0.33c | 106.3 n/a [254]
Sycamore wood

Delignified

500 °C (N2)

Lauric acid | 42.8 81.1 177.9 100 | 98.8 0.270 d | n/a n/a [255]
Cotton

1200 °C (Ar)

Pressed at 16 mm

Paraffin | 25.5 95.5 209.3 n/a 0.29c | 17.6 n/a [112]
Cotton

2400 °C (Ar)

Pressed at 10 mm

Paraffin | 25.5 92.2 202.2 n/a 0.43c | 73.6 n/a [112]
Cotton

2400 °C (Ar)

Pressed at 16 mm

Paraffin | 25.5 95.1 205.7 n/a 0.36c | 43.2 n/a [112]
Cotton 900 °C (Ar) Paraffin | 40.2 84.1 182.0 n/a 0.40e | 39.9 76.4@100 mW cm−2 [120]
Sunflower stem 1000 °C (Ar) 1‐HDA | 44.0 95.2 271.0 50 | 99.7 0.38f | 157.8 67.8@100 mW cm−2 [117]
Sunflower stem 1000 °C (Ar) Palmitic acid | 61.8 n/a 233.8 50 | 92.6 0.34f | 111.1 n/a [117]
Sunflower rec. 1000 °C (Ar) 1‐HDA | 44.0 89.7 239.4 50 | 99.7 0.37f | 153.7 75.6@100 mW cm−2 [117]
Sisal fibers

2400 °C (Ar)

Density 0.097 g cm−3

Paraffin | 57.8 91.3 201.6 100 | 99.9 0.42–0.95f | 68–280 n/a [127]
Sisal fibers

2400 °C (Ar)

Density 0.172 g cm−3

Paraffin | 57.8 87.2 192.2 100 | 99.9 0.62–1.73f | 148–592 n/a [127]
Sucrose NaHCO3 | 800 °C (N2) Paraffin | 25.4 84.0 152.2 1000 | 100.5 0.33a | 22.2

31.0@200 mW cm−2

89.0@300 mW cm−2

[123]
Towel gourd 900 °C (N2) PEG 2000 | 58.9 94.5 164.3 n/a n/a n/a [129]
Watermelon HTC 200 °C Mannitol | 170.2 97.0 281.9 n/a 0.78 g | 20 n/a [118]
Watermelon HTC 200 °C Mannitol | 170.2 88.0 255.5 n/a 1.05 g | 61.5 n/a [118]
Gelatin Fe(NO3)3 | 800 °C (N2) Eicosane | 35.8 85.8 211.7 1000 | 96.6 0.52f | 13

60.6@200 mW cm−2

93.3@300 mW cm−2

[122]
Water chesnut

HTC 130 °C

AlO6P3 | 800 °C (N2)

Octadecane | 29.7 85.0 216.2 100 | 99.0 1.47a | 673 96.1@100 mW cm−2 [133]
Water chesnut

HTC 130 °C

AlO6P3 | 900 °C (N2)

Octadecane | 29.7 80.0 192.3 n/a 1.52a | 700 n/a [133]
Balsa Delignified Paraffin | 41.5 85.1 199.9 30 | 86.5 n/a 60.0@100 mW cm−2 [135]
Balsa Delign. | 300 °C (N2) Paraffin | 41.5 85.0 201.7–206.3 30 | 91.7–95.7 0.135–0.182h | n/a 85.6–90@100 mW cm−2 [135]
Corn straw 400 °C (N2) PEG | 56.8 36.8 105.4 n/a 0.190h | n/a 49.3@100 mW cm−2 [107]
Corn straw 600 °C (N2) PEG | 56.8 48.4 100.2 100 | 98.7 0.330h | 1.9 69.0@100 mW cm−2 [107]
Corn straw 800 °C (N2) PEG | 56.8 42.6 77.2 n/a 0.429 h | 32.4 55.6@100 mW cm−2 [107]
Pomelo peel 900 °C (N2) PEG 4000 | 61.3 95.4 162.4 n/a n/a 84.0@200 mW cm−2 [121]
Pomelo peel Freeze‐dried Paraffin | 59.5 88.0 125.7 25 | 100.7 0.218a | 6.3 n/a [106]
Pomelo peel 650 °C (Ar) Paraffin | 59.5 93.4 158.6 25 | 100.3 0.207a | 1.0 60.1@200 mW cm−2 [106]
Pomelo peel 750 °C (Ar) Paraffin | 59.5 94.2 159.5 25 | 100.3 0.300a | 46.3 85.1@200 mW cm−2 [106]
Pomelo peel 850 °C (Ar) Paraffin | 59.5 95.6 150.3 25 | 99.7 0.312a | 52.2 70.4@200 mW cm−2 [106]
Bamboo Dried Paraffin | 28.9 n/a 99.8 100 | 98.8 0.28a | 17.3 n/a [256]
Bamboo 600 °C (N2) Paraffin | 28.9 n/a 79.4 100 | 101.0 0.42a | 72.4 n/a [256]
Bamboo H3PO4 | 600 °C (N2) Paraffin | 28.9 n/a 59.5 100 | 99.3 0.52a | 116.2 n/a [256]
Rice husk K2CO3 | 700 °C (N2) Stearic acid | 70.9 80.3 162.1 n/a 0.438i | 13.8 n/a [108]
Bamboo K2CO3 | 700 °C (N2) Stearic acid | 70.9 79.4 159.0 n/a 0.405i | 5.2 n/a [108]
Pine wood K2CO3 | 700 °C (N2) Stearic acid | 70.9 82.9 170.6 n/a 0.393i | 2.1 n/a [108]
Walnut shell K2CO3 | 700 °C (N2) Stearic acid | 70.9 78.5 168.9 n/a 0.418i | 8.6 n/a [108]
Corncob K2CO3 | 700 °C (N2) Stearic acid | 70.9 80.8 175.3 n/a 0.389i | 1.0 n/a [108]
Bamboo Ca(OH)2 | 550 °C (Ar) 1‐ODO | 59.0 70.0 197.0 n/a 0.71j | 184 75.2@300 mW cm−2 [124]
Bamboo Ca(OH)2 | 550 °C (Ar) 1‐ODO | 59.0 80.0. 284.1 n/a 0.57j | 128 66.4@300 mW cm−2 [124]
Bamboo Ca(OH)2 | 550 °C (Ar) 1‐ODO | 59.0 85.0 299.8 n/a 0.45j | 80 57.3@300 mW cm−2 [124]
Sunflower stem 1000 °C (N2) PEG 4000 | 62.5 84.0 153.4 50 | 99.6 0.43a | 51.9 n/a [125]
Sunflower rec. 1000 °C (N2) PEG 4000 | 62.5 91.6 171.5 50 | 99.4 0.41a | 44.9 n/a [125]
Loofah sponge KOH | 800 °C Octadecane | n/a 60.4 155.1 100 | 99.2 0.208a | 27.7 95.2@100 mW cm−2 [136]
Sorghum straw

Delignified

HTC 220 °C CQDs

PEG 2000 | 53.1 94.5 168.1 100 | 93.8 0.374a | n/a 90.8@1 W cm−2 [109]
a)

All data is adopted from the literature; T m: melting point; Sunflower rec.: Sunflower receptacle; 1‐TDO: 1‐tetradecanol; 1‐HDO: 1‐hexadecanol; 1‐HAD: 1‐hexadecanamine; 1‐ODO: 1‐octadecanol. Methods and instruments used to measure thermal conductivities: atransient plane source method (TPS 2500S or 2500‐OT, Hot Disk instruments), bxenon flash method (XFA 500, LINSEIS), claser flash method (undefined), dlaser flash method (LFA 457, NETZSCH), etransient plane source method (TPS, DRE‐III tester, XIANGTANXIANGYI), fn/a, gtransient plane source method (HS‐DR‐5, HESON), hlaser flash method (LFA 467, NETZSCH); itransient plane source method (TCi, C‐Therm), jtransient plane source method (TPS 3500S, Hot Disk instruments).