An All‐Natural Wood‐Inspired Aerogel

ZM Han, WB Sun, KP Yang, HB Yang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The oriented pore structure of wood endows it with a variety of outstanding properties,
among which the low thermal conductivity has attracted researchers to develop wood‐like …

Heat transfer—A review of 2004 literature

RJ Goldstein, WE Ibele, SV Patankar, TW Simon… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
The present review covers the heat transfer literature published in 2004 in English
language, including some translations of foreign language papers. Though extensive, some …

A brief review on measuring methods of thermal conductivity of organic and hybrid thermoelectric materials

H Wang, W Chu, G Chen - Advanced electronic materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Organic and hybrid thermoelectric (OHT) materials have attracted increasing research
interest over the past decade. Thermal conductivity measurement plays a critical role in …

A self-rotating solar evaporator for continuous and efficient desalination of hypersaline brine

Y Xia, Y Li, S Yuan, Y Kang, M Jian, Q Hou… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Benefiting from wide solar energy access and high energy conversion efficiency, solar-
driven interfacial water evaporation has shown great potential in critical separation …

Experimental study of the thermal conductivity of polyurethane foams

H Zhang, WZ Fang, YM Li, WQ Tao - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Polyurethane foams are widely used in energy conservation field and thermal conductivity is
one of the most important properties. To reveal and optimize the thermal insulation …

Ultra-tough and super thermal-insulation nanocellular PMMA/TPU

G Wang, J Zhao, LH Mark, G Wang, K Yu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
Nanocellular polymers have been considered promising multifunctional materials with
unique properties. The key challenge is to fabricate nanocellular polymers with adequate …

Lightweight, super-elastic, and thermal-sound insulation bio-based PEBA foams fabricated by high-pressure foam injection molding with mold-opening

G Wang, G Zhao, G Dong, Y Mu, CB Park… - European Polymer …, 2018 - Elsevier
Polyether block amide (PEBA) is a thermoplastic elastomer that offers a unique combination
of low density, flexibility, small hysteresis and excellent flex fatigue resistance. Foaming is an …

Low-density and structure-tunable microcellular PMMA foams with improved thermal-insulation and compressive mechanical properties

G Wang, J Zhao, G Wang, LH Mark, CB Park… - European Polymer …, 2017 - Elsevier
Polymer foams play an increasingly significant role in the field of thermal insulation due to
their low thermal conductivities. As thermal insulation materials, their performances are …

Analysis and improvement of the hot disk transient plane source method for low thermal conductivity materials

Q Zheng, S Kaur, C Dames, RS Prasher - International Journal of Heat and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The hot disk transient plane source (TPS) method is a widely used standard technique (ISO
22007–2) for characterizing the thermal properties of materials, especially the thermal …

Leveraging hydrophilic hierarchical channels to regulate excessive water for high-efficiency solar steam yield

G Zhao, Z Wang, Y Chen, L Ren, L Pan… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Both the solar absorptance and water content in solar-driven interface evaporation (SDIE)
devices are of equal importance for efficient solar steam yield and freshwater production, but …