COST EFFECTIVE HIGH-PERFORMANCE THERMAL BATTERY MATERIAL DEVELOPED FOR CLEAN ENERGY STORAGE

• ARCI, a DST autonomous body, has engineered a spinel-oxide nanocomposite Phase Change Material (PCM) that boosts the specific heat capacity by ~45% with just 1% nanoparticle loading — relevant to thermal batteries for CSP and industrial waste-heat recovery.
• Crosscutting for UPSC: Science & Tech (nanomaterials), Energy Security, Atmanirbhar Bharat, India's clean-energy transition.