PHASE CHANGE ENERGY STORAGE IN CERAMIC NANOTUBE COMPOSITES

The present disclosure generally relates to methods and systems for forming phase change material composites and to the thus formed phase change material composites. In some examples, a method for forming a phase change material (PCM) composite may include dispersing nanowire material in a nonpolar solvent to form a nanowire-solvent dispersion, adding a PCM to the nanowire-solvent dispersion to form a nanowire-solvent-PCM dispersion, heating the nanowire-solvent-PCM dispersion, and removing the solvent.