Synthesis and biomedical applications of aerogels: Possibilities and challenges

H Maleki, L Durães, CA García-González… - Advances in colloid and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Aerogels are an exceptional group of nanoporous materials with outstanding
physicochemical properties. Due to their unique physical, chemical, and mechanical …

Noble Metal Aerogels Synthesis, Characterization, and Application as Electrocatalysts

W Liu, AK Herrmann, NC Bigall… - Accounts of chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Metallic and catalytically active materials with high surface area and large
porosity are a long-desired goal in both industry and academia. In this Account, we …

Polymer/carbon-based hybrid aerogels: preparation, properties and applications

L Zuo, Y Zhang, L Zhang, YE Miao, W Fan, T Liu - Materials, 2015 - mdpi.com
Aerogels are synthetic porous materials derived from sol-gel materials in which the liquid
component has been replaced with gas to leave intact solid nanostructures without pore …

Noble metal aerogels

H Wang, Q Fang, W Gu, D Du, Y Lin… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Noble metal-based nanomaterials have been a hot research topic during the past few
decades. Particularly, self-assembled porous architectures have triggered tremendous …

Nanocasting and direct synthesis strategies for mesoporous carbons as supercapacitor electrodes

M Zhang, L He, T Shi, R Zha - Chemistry of Materials, 2018 - ACS Publications
The flexible construction of electrode materials performs important functions in significantly
enhancing the electrochemical properties of both energy storage and conversion devices …

Porous carbon based on polyvinylidene fluoride: Enhancement of CO2 adsorption by physical activation

SM Hong, SW Choi, SH Kim, KB Lee - Carbon, 2016 - Elsevier
Global warming has become a crucial issue and various efforts have been made to mitigate
the emission of CO 2, the most dominant greenhouse gas. Adsorption is considered a …

[HTML][HTML] Ultra-high strength, highly deformable and superhydrophobic polybenzoxazine@ cellulose nanofiber composite aerogel for thermal insulation

X Long, P Huang, X Wei, J Yu, S Wang… - Composites Part A: Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
The poor mechanical properties of aerogels such as low strength and high brittleness are a
century problem that has not been solved so far, and the existing structural design, structural …

Emerging dual‐channel transition‐metal‐oxide quasiaerogels by self‐embedded templating

H Guo, J Zhou, Q Li, Y Li, W Zong, J Zhu… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The lack of precise control of particle sizes is the critical challenge in the assembly of 3D
interconnected transition‐metal oxide (TMO) for newly‐emerging energy conversion …

Porous aerogels from shape-controlled metal nanoparticles directly from nonpolar colloidal solution

S Naskar, A Freytag, J Deutsch, N Wendt… - Chemistry of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Porous architectures of noble metal nanocrystals are promising for many catalytic as well as
for fuel cell applications. Here we present the synthesis of porous, extremely lightweight …

Polybenzoxazine aerogels fabricated by an aqueous solvent sol–gel method for thermal insulation

S Liu, Y Xiao, J Zhou, S Zhang, L Li, Z Li… - European Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polybenzoxazine (PBz) aerogels with outstanding mechanical properties and thermal
insulation have attracted significant attention because of their classification as the most …