Photocatalytic performance of aerogels for organic dyes removal from wastewaters: Review study

M Hasanpour, M Hatami - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020 - Elsevier
Nowadays, present various pollutants such as organic pollutants, heavy metal ions, bacteria
and etc. in water resources cause's serious problems on human health, animals and the …

Current status, opportunities and challenges in catalytic and photocatalytic applications of aerogels: Environmental protection aspects

H Maleki, N Hüsing - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2018 - Elsevier
Aerogels are an exceptional class of materials which are of interest for several high-
performance applications thanks to their extraordinary physical properties such as extremely …

Silica centered aerogels as advanced functional material and their applications: A review

S Ahmad, S Ahmad, JN Sheikh - Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 2023 - Elsevier
Silica aerogels have piqued the interest of researchers because of their distinct nanoporous
networks, composed of interconnected silica nanoparticles and high-volume nanosized …

Monolithic aerogel photocatalysts: a review

W Wan, R Zhang, M Ma, Y Zhou - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalysis has been considered as one of the most promising technologies for solving
environmental pollution and energy crisis. However, photocatalysts in the powder form …

Recycling of waste tire fibers into advanced aerogels for thermal insulation and sound absorption applications

QB Thai, RO Chong, PTT Nguyen, DK Le, PK Le… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract According to the European Waste Codes EWC 19.12. 08, fibers from used tires are
known as special wastes that must be burned or buried. However, these activities would …

Electrospun SiO2 aerogel/polyacrylonitrile composited nanofibers with enhanced adsorption performance of volatile organic compounds

Y Yu, Q Ma, J Zhang, G Liu - Applied Surface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Flexible polyacrylonitrile (PAN) composite nanofibers with high surface area functionalized
by SiO 2 aerogel were fabricated easily via the electrospinning technique for the first time …

Hydrophobic TiO2–SiO2 composite aerogels synthesized via in situ epoxy-ring opening polymerization and sol-gel process for enhanced degradation activity

VG Parale, T Kim, KY Lee, VD Phadtare… - Ceramics …, 2020 - Elsevier
TiO 2–SiO 2 composite aerogels composed of an organic-inorganic molecular network were
synthesized via an epoxy-ring opening polymerization and sol-gel procedure followed by …

Synthesis and photocatalysis of metal oxide aerogels: a review

M Zhi, H Tang, M Wu, C Ouyang, Z Hong, N Wu - Energy & Fuels, 2022 - ACS Publications
Metal oxide aerogels have emerged as a new class of photocatalysts. As a type of 3-
dimensional (3D) porous structure, an aerogel owns the characteristics of high specific …

Silica aerogel derived from rice husk: An aggregate replacer for lightweight and thermally insulating cement-based composites

N Abbas, HR Khalid, G Ban, HT Kim, HK Lee - Construction and Building …, 2019 - Elsevier
In pursuit of producing an environment-friendly, lightweight, and thermally insulating cement-
based composite, silica aerogel was synthesized from rice husk, which is a commonly …

Synthesis and characterization of silica aerogels dried under ambient pressure bed on water glass

S He, D Huang, H Bi, Z Li, H Yang, X Cheng - Journal of Non-Crystalline …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper, we report the experimental results on the synthesis of water glass based silica
aerogels, which were dried under ambient pressure. Water glass was hydrolyzed and …