The specific heat capacities of the dried composite powders and the separator were evaluated by applying a continuous method on a DSC 1 from Mettler Toledo between 25 °C and 100 °C. The heating rate was set at 10 K min -1 with a sampling interval of 0.1 s. Three repeats of the blank pans, sapphire reference, and the samples were measured. The sample weights were approximately 10 mg.