Environmental impacts and decarbonization strategies in the cement and concrete industries

G Habert, SA Miller, VM John, JL Provis… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
The use of cement and concrete, among the most widely used man-made materials, is under
scrutiny. Owing to their large-scale use, production of cement and concrete results in …

Biochar as construction materials for achieving carbon neutrality

Y Zhang, M He, L Wang, J Yan, B Ma, X Zhu, YS Ok… - Biochar, 2022 - Springer
Biochar is a waste-derived material that can sequester carbon at a large scale. The
development of low-carbon and sustainable biochar-enhanced construction materials has …

Characterization of sustainable mortar containing high-quality recycled manufactured sand crushed from recycled coarse aggregate

Z Ma, J Shen, C Wang, H Wu - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2022 - Elsevier
The current utilization of low-quality recycled fine aggregate sourced from concrete waste
acting as river sand replacement cannot achieve the preparation required for high-quality …

Total recycling of concrete waste using accelerated carbonation: A review

CS Poon, P Shen, Y Jiang, Z Ma, D Xuan - Cement and Concrete …, 2023 - Elsevier
Our world is facing critical environmental challenges due to the overexploitation of natural
resources and the extensive release of CO 2. Meanwhile, huge amounts of concrete waste …

Influence of pre-treatment methods for recycled concrete aggregate on the performance of recycled concrete: A review

K Ouyang, J Liu, S Liu, B Song, H Guo, G Li… - Resources, Conservation …, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural aggregate (NA) can be replaced by recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) in the
construction industry, which can solve the problem of construction waste disposal and …

The utilization of eco-friendly recycled powder from concrete and brick waste in new concrete: A critical review

Q Tang, Z Ma, H Wu, W Wang - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2020 - Elsevier
Recycled powder (RP) is the main by-product in the reclamation of construction and
demolition (C&D) waste. A body of literature on the use of RP as supplementary …

Roles of carbonated recycled fines and aggregates in hydration, microstructure and mechanical properties of concrete: A critical review

T Zhang, M Chen, Y Wang, M Zhang - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2023 - Elsevier
CO 2 mineralisation by recycled concrete is a novel approach of carbon capture and
utilisation to improve the sustainability of concrete products, which has attracted increasing …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging CO2 utilization technologies for construction materials: A review

N Li, L Mo, C Unluer - Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2022 - Elsevier
The construction industry is a major contributor of CO 2 emissions. Carbonation, involving
the reaction of CO 2 with alkaline reactants, immobilizes CO 2 into thermodynamically stable …

Utilization of CO2 curing to enhance the properties of recycled aggregate and prepared concrete: A review

C Liang, B Pan, Z Ma, Z He, Z Duan - Cement and concrete composites, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, the CO 2 curing technique has been developed to enhance the properties of
recycled aggregate (RA) and recycled aggregate concrete (RAC), materials that can absorb …

Phase assemblance evolution during wet carbonation of recycled concrete fines

P Shen, Y Zhang, Y Jiang, B Zhan, J Lu… - Cement and Concrete …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, recycled concrete fine (RCF), one of the major products generated from waste
concrete recycling process, was carbonated in water. The carbonation mechanism of RCF is …