Toward aerogel based thermal superinsulation in buildings: A comprehensive review

E Cuce, PM Cuce, CJ Wood, SB Riffat - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2014 - Elsevier
Aerogel is a kind of synthetic porous material, in which the liquid component of the gel is
replaced with a gas. Aerogel has specific acoustic properties and remarkably lower thermal …

Silica aerogel: synthesis and applications

JL Gurav, IK Jung, HH Park, ES Kang… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Silica aerogels have drawn a lot of interest both in science and technology because of their
low bulk density (up to 95% of their volume is air), hydrophobicity, low thermal conductivity …

Advances in tailoring resorcinol‐formaldehyde organic and carbon gels

AM ElKhatat, SA Al‐Muhtaseb - Advanced materials, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
An overview on the preparation and properties of resorcinol‐formaldehyde (RF) organic and
carbon gels reveals the fascinating and remarkably flexible properties of RF carbon and …

Carbon aerogels, cryogels and xerogels: Influence of the drying method on the textural properties of porous carbon materials

N Job, A Théry, R Pirard, J Marien, L Kocon… - Carbon, 2005 - Elsevier
Carbon materials with tailored texture can be obtained from drying and pyrolysis of
resorcinol–formaldehyde gels. The pore texture of both dried and pyrolyzed material …

Porous carbon xerogels with texture tailored by pH control during sol–gel process

N Job, R Pirard, J Marien, JP Pirard - Carbon, 2004 - Elsevier
Despite commonly accepted ideas, evaporative drying does not always completely destroy
the pore texture of phenolic gel. This work shows that very porous carbon materials can be …

Rice husk ash as a renewable source for the production of value added silica gel and its application: an overview

R Prasad, M Pandey - Bulletin of chemical reaction engineering & …, 2012 - journal.bcrec.id
In recent years, silica gels have developed a lot of interest due to their extraordinary
properties and their existing and potential applications in science and technology. Silica gel …

Lignin–phenol–formaldehyde aerogels and cryogels

LI Grishechko, G Amaral-Labat, A Szczurek… - Microporous and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Highly porous organic aerogels have been prepared for the first time from a mixed lignin–
phenol–formaldehyde (LPF) resin. Six different P/L weight ratios and two (L+ P)/F weight …

Review of the selected carbon-based materials for symmetric supercapacitor application

M Ciszewski, A Koszorek, T Radko… - Journal of Electronic …, 2019 - Springer
Carbon materials are among the most commonly used components of supercapacitor
electrodes. Particularly, active carbons are recognized as cheap, available, and easily …

Self-assembled and pyrolyzed carbon aerogels: an overview of their preparation mechanisms, properties and applications

A Allahbakhsh, AR Bahramian - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
An overview of the synthesis conditions and mechanisms for the fabrication of different types
of carbon aerogels, as well as the structural and functional properties of these materials, is …

Role of freeze drying in nanotechnology

G Chen, W Wang - Drying Technology, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Governments worldwide have spent more money on nanotechnology between 1997 and
2005 than on the Apollo project. The spending trend is still going upwards. Drying is an …