Traditional, state-of-the-art and renewable thermal building insulation materials: An overview

B Abu-Jdayil, AH Mourad, W Hittini, M Hassan… - … and Building Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
Energy saving has become a strategic goal in the whole world, that will lead to protect the
environment and conserve natural resources. The energy consumption in buildings for …

Biopolymer aerogels and foams: Chemistry, properties, and applications

S Zhao, WJ Malfait… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Biopolymer aerogels were among the first aerogels produced, but only in the last decade
has research on biopolymer and biopolymer–composite aerogels become popular …

[HTML][HTML] Biomass vs inorganic and plastic-based aerogels: Structural design, functional tailoring, resource-efficient applications and sustainability analysis

G Wei, J Zhang, M Usuelli, X Zhang, B Liu… - Progress in Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
The highly efficient utilization of bioresources and natural organic wastes has attracted great
attention, due to the high-speed consumption and shortage of energy in modern society …

Thermally insulating nanocellulose‐based materials

V Apostolopoulou‐Kalkavoura, P Munier… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Thermally insulating materials based on renewable nanomaterials such as nanocellulose
could reduce the energy consumption and the environmental impact of the building sector …

Cellulose aerogels: Synthesis, applications, and prospects

LY Long, YX Weng, YZ Wang - Polymers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Due to its excellent performance, aerogel is considered to be an especially promising new
material. Cellulose is a renewable and biodegradable natural polymer. Aerogel prepared …

Printed aerogels: Chemistry, processing, and applications

J Feng, BL Su, H **a, S Zhao, C Gao, L Wang… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
As an extraordinarily lightweight and porous functional nanomaterial family, aerogels have
attracted considerable interest in academia and industry in recent decades. Despite the …

Nanofibrous kevlar aerogel threads for thermal insulation in harsh environments

Z Liu, J Lyu, D Fang, X Zhang - Acs Nano, 2019 - ACS Publications
Aerogel with low density, high porosity, and large surface area is a promising structure for
the next generation of high-performance thermal insulation fibers and textiles. However …

Polyimide aerogel fibers with superior flame resistance, strength, hydrophobicity, and flexibility made via a universal sol–gel confined transition strategy

X Li, G Dong, Z Liu, X Zhang - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Aerogel fibers with ultrahigh porosity, large specific surface area, and ultralow density have
shown increasing interest due to being considered as the next generation thermal insulation …

The rising aerogel fibers: status, challenges, and opportunities

Z Sheng, Z Liu, Y Hou, H Jiang, Y Li, G Li… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aerogel fibers garner tremendous scientific interest due to their unique properties such as
ultrahigh porosity, large specific surface area, and ultralow thermal conductivity, enabling …

Scalable production of biodegradable, recyclable, sustainable cellulose–mineral foams via coordination interaction assisted ambient drying

L Chen, S Wang, S Wang, C Chen, L Qi, L Yu, Z Lu… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Heavy reliance on petrochemical-based plastic foams in both industry and society has led to
severe plastic pollution (the so-called “white pollution”). In this work, we develop a …