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Rubio Pérez, Gabriel Muñoz Rujas, Natalia Aguilar Romero, Fernando Ravotti, Rebecca Müller, Lukas Montero García, Eduardo 2026-02-26T08:34:03Z 2026-02-26T08:34:03Z 2021-01 https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11440 10.3390/ma14020369 1996-1944 Interest in phase change materials keeps on rising as thermal energy storage grows in popularity in the scientific community as a promising complement for renewable energies in the future. Extending the possibilities beyond pure compounds, the use of mixtures (especially eutectics) widens the range of suitable phase change materials (PCM) available in the market. However, a precise knowledge of the mixtures’ phase behavior is required, making phase diagrams the most appropriate tools to follow. The aim of this work is to collect and analyze published literature concerning the phase diagrams of fatty acid esters mixtures, which constitute promising candidates as PCM due to their attractive properties, such as high latent heat, chemical stability and the possibility of extracting them from vegetable and animal oils. The topic appears as a still open scientific field, where further studies need to be performed to complete, complement and perfect the currently available information. This work is part of the Doctoral Thesis of Gabriel Rubio-Pérez, and it was funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (Spain) application/pdf eng MDPI Materials. 2021, V. 14, n. 2, p. 369-388 https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14020369 Atribución 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Thermal energy storage Phase change materials Phase diagrams Fatty acid esters Review Ingeniería Química Diagramas de fases Materiales Chemical engineering Phase diagrams Materials Evolution of the Study of Phase Diagram of Binary and Ternary Mixtures Involving Fatty Acid Esters info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Materials 14 2 369 388