Corrigendum to “Synthesis and investigation of form-stable myristic acid based composite phase change material containing styrene ethylene butylene styrene with enhanced properties for thermal energy storage” [J. Energy Storage 52 (2022) 104594] (Journal of Energy Storage (2022) 52(PA), (S2352152X22006107), (10.1016/j.est.2022.104594))

The authors regret that there were three inadvertent mistakes in the paper, and they would like to correct them through this corrigendum. The corrections are itemized as follows. 1. For the experimental diagram of Fig. 1 in Section 2.2, a main fabrication step of ‘Mechanical rabbling’ was missed due to negligence of image assembly. The correct Fig. 1 is reproduced as below: [Formula presented] 2. In Section 2.3, the instrument models used for the composite characterization were inaccuracy and incomplete. To avoid any confusion or misunderstanding of the readers, the instruments models should be detailed and revised as follows. ‘The microstructural and morphological characteristics of the composites were observed by a Scanning Electron Microscope coupled with an energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy detector (SEM-EDS, SU9000, HITACHI, Japan). The chemical structures and stability of the MA, SEBS, graphite and MA/SEBS/graphite composites were analysed by a Fourier transformation infrared spectroscope (FT-IR, B420, SpectrumII, US) with the spectrum from 400–4000 cm⁻¹, a Confocal Raman microscope (Qontor B421, RENISHAW, UK) with the wavenumber changed from 100–3500 cm⁻¹, an X-ray diffraction (XRD, D8 ADVANCE, BURKER, Germany) with a scanning angle over 10–90° and a step interval of 0.02°. The thermophysical properties of the composites including the melting temperature and latent heat were measured with a Simultaneous Thermal Analyser (STA 449F3, Netzsch, Germany). The thermal conductivity of the composites was evaluated by a Laser Flash Analyser (LFA 467, Netzsch, Germany). The mechanical strength measurement was performed by a compressive machine (CMT6104, MTS, US). The thermal cycling tests were carried out by a self-designed device under a temperature of 25–100 °C for 300 times using a heating and cooling rate of 5 °C/min.’ 3. In Acknowledgements section, a special gratitude should be given to the Instrument Sharing Platform, Beijing University of Technology, China, for their experimental supports with the Raman Microscope and FT-IR Microscope as well as measurements for thermophysical properties of materials. The Acknowledgements is corrected as follows. ‘The work was supported by the Taishan Scholar Foundation of Shandong Province (Grant No. tsqn201909110), and high-end talents development program of Beijing University of Technology, China. The authors are grateful to the Instrument Sharing Platform, Beijing University of Technology, for the experiment supports with the Raman Microscope and FT-IR Microscope as well as measurements for thermophysical properties of materials.’ The corrections above would not affect any results, discussions and conclusions of this paper. The authors would like to apologize for such unintentional errors and any inconvenience caused.