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 …

A review on multifunctional aerogel fibers: processing, fabrication, functionalization, and applications

OA Tafreshi, SG Mosanenzadeh… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Aerogels have been frequently reported in three-dimensional (3D) monolith bulk, granule,
and two-dimensional (2D) thin-film geometries. However, their commercialization has been …

Recent progresses in the application of cellulose, starch, alginate, gum, pectin, chitin and chitosan based (nano) catalysts in sustainable and selective oxidation …

M Nasrollahzadeh, N Shafiei, Z Nezafat… - Carbohydrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
Exploitation of polymers as effective starting materials to produce various valuable catalysts
is attracting the attention of industrial and academic researchers. Moreover, among all …

Selective catalytic oxidation of ethylbenzene to acetophenone: a review of catalyst systems and reaction mechanisms

MO Azeez, SA Nafiu, TA Olarewaju… - Industrial & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Acetophenone is an important chemical intermediate often employed in the production chain
of many pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, food, and cosmetic products. It is industrially …

Gelation, flame retardancy, and physical properties of phosphorylated microcrystalline cellulose aerogels

F Niu, N Wu, J Yu, X Ma - Carbohydrate polymers, 2020 - Elsevier
Flame-retardant bio-based cellulose aerogels, with abundant renewable sources, are
considered as promising sustainable heat-insulation alternatives to conventional petroleum …

New bidental sulfur-doped graphene quantum dots modified with gold as a catalyst for hydrogen generation

A Al-Azmi, S Keshipour - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Disadvantages of fossil fuels encourage researchers to develop clean combustion sources,
in particular, H 2 due to the high potential energy and safe by-products. Herein, Au was …

Biorefinery approach for aerogels

T Budtova, DA Aguilera, S Beluns, L Berglund… - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
According to the International Energy Agency, biorefinery is “the sustainable processing of
biomass into a spectrum of marketable bio-based products (chemicals, materials) and …

Superhydrophobic self-floating TiO2-silicone composite aerogels and their air–liquid-solid triphase photocatalytic system

L Zhang, L Rao, P Wang, Z Shi, P Wang - Applied Surface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Semiconductor photocatalysis is as a promising method for water pollution remediation.
However, the recycling and light capture of powder photocatalysts in traditional suspension …

Buoyant titanium dioxide (TiO2) as high performance photocatalyst and peroxide activator: A critical review on fabrication, mechanism and application

NHM Idris, KY Cheong, BJ Kennedy, T Ohno… - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Titanium dioxide (TiO 2) photocatalyst is widely used in wastewater treatment. The
favourable attributes of TiO 2 such as chemically stability, cost-effectiveness, low toxicity to …

Fabrication of Al2O3 aerogel-SiO2 fiber composite with enhanced thermal insulation and high heat resistance

S Wen, H Ren, J Zhu, Y Bi, L Zhang - Journal of Porous Materials, 2019 - Springer
The thermal-resistance Al 2 O 3 aerogels and Al 2 O 3 aerogel-SiO 2 fiber composite by
using inorganic aluminum salt as the precursor were synthesized by the sol–gel process …