Keywords:
Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
This book focuses on aerogels and their applications in such areas as energy storage, thermal storage, catalysis, water splitting and environmental remediation.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (282 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781644900994
Series Statement:
Materials Research Foundations Series ; v.84
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=6371129
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- front-matter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1 -- Nanocellulose Aerogels -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Production processes of nanocellulose aerogels -- 3. Properties of nanocellulose aerogels -- 4. Applications of nanocellulose aerogels -- 4.1 Materials absorbents -- 4.2 Gas filters and membranes -- 4.3 Packaging materials -- 4.4 Energy storage systems and electrical devices -- 4.5 Thermal insulation and fire-retardant materials -- 4.6 Pharmaceutical and biomedical applications -- 5. Final considerations -- References -- 2 -- Porous Aerogels -- 1. Porous aerogel history -- 2. Aerogel pore classification -- 3. Inorganic-silica based aerogels -- 3.1 Properties of silica-based aerogel -- 3.1.1 Texture -- 3.1.2 Thermal properties -- 3.1.3 Optical properties -- 3.1.4 Entrapment, release, sorption, and storage properties -- 4. Inorganic-nonsilicate aerogels -- 4.1 ZrO2 aerogels -- 4.1.1 ZrO2 aerogels in catalysis -- 4.1.2 ZrO2 aerogels in ceramics -- 4.1.3 ZrO2 aerogels in solid oxide fuel cells -- 4.2 TiO2 aerogels -- 5. Organic-natural/biogels -- 5.1 Polysaccharides aerogels -- 5.2 Chitosan aerogel -- 5.3 Pectin aerogel -- 5.4 Alginate aerogel -- 5.5 κ -Carrageenan aerogel -- 5.6 Starch aerogel -- 5.7 Curdlan aerogel -- 5.8 Cellulose aerogels -- 5.8.1 Cellulose aerogel monoliths -- 5.8.2 Nanostructured cellulose filaments in textile -- 6. Resorcinol-formaldehyde aerogels -- 7. Composite aerogels -- 7.1 Polymer-crosslinked aerogels -- 7.2 Effect of polymer addition on aerogel fragility -- 8. Exotic aerogels -- 8.1 Chalcogenide aerogels -- 8.1.1 Chalcogenide aerogels formation by thiolysis: GeS2 -- 8.1.2 Chalcogenide aerogels formation by cluster-linking -- 8.1.3 Chalcogenide aerogels formation by nanoparticle assembly -- 9. Conducting polymer aerogel -- 9.1 Conducting polymer aerogels- A property prospective -- 9.1.1 PEDOT aerogels.
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9.1.2 Polypyrrole (Ppy) aerogels -- 9.1.3 Polyaniline (PANi) aerogels -- 10. Sonogels -- 11. Graphene aerogel -- 11.1 Preparation of reduced graphene oxide aerogels -- 12. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) aerogel -- 13. Hybrid aerogel -- 13.1 Class-I hybrid composites -- 13.2 Class-II hybrid composite -- 14. Application of porous aerogel -- 14.1 Thermal insulation -- 14.2 Removal of pollutants -- 14.3 Elimination of solid particle from gases -- 14.4 CO2 capture -- 14.5 Volatile organic compounds/catalysis -- 14.6 Water treatment -- 14.6.1 Oils in water -- 14.6.2 Wastewater and brackish water treatment -- 14.7 Biomedical applications -- 14.7.1 Aerogels for the administration of medicines -- 14.7.2 Tissue engineering -- 14.7.3 Biosensing -- References -- 3 -- Hybrid Silica Aerogel -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Hybrid silica aerogel -- 2.1 Polymer-silica aerogel -- 2.2 Biomolecules-silica aerogel -- 2.3 Graphene-silica aerogel -- 3. Final remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 4 -- Silica Aerogel -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Synthesis methodology -- 2.1 Bare silica aerogels -- 2.2 Modified silica aerogels -- 3. Physico-chemical properties and applications -- 3.1 Thermal insulating application -- 3.2 Optical property application -- 3.3 Electronic application -- 3.4 Acoustic insulation applications -- 3.5 Biomedical applications -- 3.6 Environmental applications -- 3.7 Others applications -- 3.7.1 Space and detector -- 3.7.2 Oil spill clean-up -- 3.7.3 Aerospace -- Conclusions and future prospects -- References -- 5 -- Carbon Aerogels -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Types of carbon aerogels -- 2.1 Low flexible-carbon aerogel -- 2.2 Super flexible-carbon aerogel -- 2.3 Carbon nano tube aerogels -- 2.4 Graphene nano aerogel -- 2.5 Nano-diamond aerogel -- 2.6 Ni-doped carbon aerogel -- 2.7 Pt, Pd, Ag and Ru-doped carbon aerogel -- 2.8 Ce, Zr-based carbon aerogel.
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3. General characteristics and properties -- 3.1 Bulk density and porosity -- 3.2 Backbone density -- 3.3 Backbone connectivity -- 3.4 Pore connectivity -- 3.5 Pore size -- 3.6 Thermal properties -- 3.7 Electrical properties -- 3.8 Electrochemical properties -- 3.9 Mechanical properties -- 3.10 Gas-transport properties -- 3.11 Optical properties -- 4. Applications -- 4.1 Electrochemical field -- 4.2 Hydrogen storage -- 4.3 Catalyst support -- 4.4 Thermal insulation -- 4.5 Adsorbent for waste water treatment -- 4.6 Photocatalyst for waste water treatment -- 4.7 Sensor application -- Conclusions -- References -- 6 -- Magnetic Aerogels -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Cellulose magnetic aerogels -- 3. Magnetic graphene aerogel -- 4. Carbon magnetic aerogel -- 5. Magnetic silica aerogels -- 6. Magnetic pectin aerogel -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 7 -- Properties of Aerogels -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Structure -- 3. Thermal properties -- 3.1 Silica aerogels -- 3.2 Organic and polymeric aerogels -- 3.3 Carbon aerogels -- 4. Electrical properties -- 4.1 Aerogels with low conductivity -- 4.2 Low dielectric constant materials -- 4.3 Aerogels with high conductivity -- 5. Optical properties -- 5.1 Radiators in Cherenkov counters -- 5.2 Fiber optics -- 5.3 Non reflective materials -- 6. Mechanical properties -- 7. Acoustic properties -- 8. Biocompatibility -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 8 -- Tailor-Made Aerogels -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Existing and potential applications of aerogels -- 2.1 Pore engineering -- 2.2 Customizable surface and coating -- 2.3 Hybrid aerogels (HAgs): Influence of the sol-gel process on final properties -- 3. Applications of Tailor-made aerogels -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 9 -- Aerogels Envisioning Future Applications -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Future applications of bioaerogels.
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2.1 Bioaerogels applied as functional foods -- 2.2 Bioaerogels applied as thickeners and stabilizers -- 2.3 Bioaerogels applied as medicines and scaffolding in tissue repair -- 3. Future applications of polymeric aerogel -- 3.1 Polymeric aerogel as impact absorbing materials -- 3.2 Polymeric aerogels used as catalyst supports -- 3.3 Polymeric aerogels can be used as aerospace components -- 4. Future applications of carbon aerogel -- 4.1 Future applications of carbon aerogels as photocatalytic components, electrodes and supercapacitor -- 4.2 Materials against electromagnetic interference, lipid adsorbents and scaffolds for polymers -- 5. Future applications of inorganic aerogels -- 5.1 Inorganic aerogels used as fuel cells -- 5.2 Inorganic aerogels used as catalysts -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- The authors thank the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) and National Council of Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) for funding this research. -- References -- 10 -- Recent Patents on Aerogels -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Applications -- 2.1 Patents on aerogel generators(WO 2004/022242 Al) -- 2.2 Aerogel blanket and its production (PCT/US2014/022919) -- 2.3 Cellulose aerogels PCT/GB2010/051542 -- 2.4 Some miscellaneous patents -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 11 -- State-of-the-Art and Prospective of Aerogels -- 1. Introduction -- 2.1 Synthesis of aerogels -- 3. State-of-the-art of aerogel -- 3.1 State-of-the-art properties of aerogel -- 3.2 State-of-the-art of preparation of aerogel -- 4. Future prospective of aerogel -- 4.1 Thermal insulation -- 4.2 Drug delivery -- 4.3 Energy storage device -- Acknowledgments -- References -- back-matter -- Keyword Index -- About the Editors.
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