Phase Change Matters

U.S. patent application 20180277910 (applicant Regents of the University of California, Oakland, Calif.):

"A composite thermal interface material and methods are shown. Devices such as lithium ion batteries incorporating composite thermal interface materials show significant improvement in cooling performance. In one example, composite thermal interface materials shown provide cooling through both a phase change mechanism, and a heat conducting mechanism which directs heat away from the device to be cooled, such as electrochemical cells in a battery, to an external housing and/or a coupled heat exchange device such as radiating fins."

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20180277910.pdf

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