“…The techniques for effective utilization of renewable energy sources have drawn widespread interest owing to energy shortages and environmental problems caused by the emission of greenhouse gases. − Recently, thermal energy storage (TES) technology has been considered as a promising technology to solve environmental pollution and energy shortage. , Latent thermal energy storage (LTES), sensible thermal energy storage (STES), and thermochemical energy storage (TCES) are three common types of TES. , LTES technology using phase change materials (PCM) has been universally accepted in various fields due to the fact that PCM can absorb and release a very highly density of latent heat at almost constant temperature during the phase transition. − PCMs are divided into three types: organic materials, inorganic materials, and eutectic materials. , Among organic materials, many researchers are committed to the use of alkanes (in the following abbreviated to C n ) as PCM in energy storage applications due to the merits of innocuousness, being noncorrosive, having chemical stability, and having high latent heat, etc. , However, C n has the shortcomings of leakage, volume expansion, and low thermal conductivity . Microencapsulation is a commonly used technique to overcome the leakage problem and volume expansion of C n by encapsulating them inside the resin shell, , and the thermal conductivity can be improved by adding highly conductive nanoparticles such as metal and carbon nanoparticles, etc. , …”