Fire‐Safe Aerogels and Foams for Thermal Insulation: From Materials to Properties

The ambition of human beings to create a comfortable environment for work and life in a sustainable way has triggered a great need for advanced thermal insulation materials in past decades. Aerogels and foams present great prospects as thermal insulators owing to their low density, good thermal insulation, mechanical robustness, and even high fire resistance. These merits make them suitable for many real-world applications, such as energy-saving building materials, thermally protective materials in aircrafts and battery, and warming fabrics. Despite great advances, to date there remains a lack of a comprehensive yet critical review on the thermal insulation materials. Herein, recent progresses in fire-safe…

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  Australian Research Council

  Awards: LP220100278, FT190100188, DP240102728, DP240102628