The invention discloses a photo-
initiation polymerization phase change microcapsule material as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The method comprises the following steps: mixing a core material and a
wall material, and adding a
photoinitiator to obtain an
oil phase; adding a surfactant into deionized water, and fully stirring to obtain a water phase; slowly pouring the
oil phase into the water phase, and homogenizing at a corresponding rotating speed by using a
homogenizer to obtain a stable
emulsion; and cooling the
emulsion to a corresponding temperature, irradiating with an
ultraviolet lamp, centrifuging, washing with deionized water, and
drying in a
drying oven to obtain the
phase change microcapsule. The
phase change microcapsule disclosed by the invention shows a clear core-shell structure, is in a regular circle shape, and has relatively high
phase change enthalpy, relatively high initial thermal
weight loss temperature, controllable particle size and negligible
leakage rate. When the phase change microcapsule is added into the resin, the
composite material shows obvious delayed temperature rise when being heated, and the
phase change material has no obvious leakage, so that a good application prospect is provided for being widely applied to thermal forming and thermal management based on
high polymer materials.