The Rising Aerogel Fibers: Status, Challenges, and Opportunities

Aerogel fibers garner tremendous scientific interest due to their unique properties such as ultrahigh porosity, large specific surface area, and ultralow thermal conductivity, enabling diverse potential applications in textile, environment, energy conversion and storage, and high-tech areas. Here, the fabrication methodologies to construct the aerogel fibers starting from nanoscale building blocks are overviewed, and the spinning thermodynamics and spinning kinetics associated with each technology are revealed. The huge pool of material choices that can be assembled into aerogel fibers is discussed. Furthermore, the fascinating properties of aerogel fibers, including mechanical, thermal, sorptive, optical, and…

• RS
  Royal Society

  Award: NA170184
• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Awards: 22275207, 52173052
• CA
  Chinese Academy of Sciences

  Award: 2022325
• GO
  Government of Jiangsu Province
• NS
  Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province

  Award: BK20211099
• YI
  Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

  Award: 2022325
• YI
  Youth Innovation Promotion Association