Eco-friendly geopolymer materials: A review of performance improvement, potential application and sustainability assessment

J Zhao, L Tong, B Li, T Chen, C Wang, G Yang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The traditional cement production wastes a large amount of natural resources and energy,
and causes environmental pollution, which cannot meet the green and sustainable …

Advances in understanding alkali-activated materials

JL Provis, A Palomo, C Shi - Cement and Concrete Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Alkali activation is a highly active and rapidly developing field of activity in the global
research and development community. Commercial-scale deployment of alkali-activated …

Processing, properties and applications of highly porous geopolymers: A review

C Bai, P Colombo - Ceramics International, 2018 - Elsevier
Geopolymers, possessing a semi-crystalline three-dimensional inorganic network generated
by the dissolution and reaction of a solid alumino-silicate source with an activating solution …

Geopolymer foams: An overview of recent advancements

RM Novais, RC Pullar, JA Labrincha - Progress in Materials Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Geopolymer foams (highly porous materials) have emerged as one of the most exciting
materials over the past few years due to their remarkable properties, low cost and green …

Porous biomass fly ash-based geopolymers with tailored thermal conductivity

RM Novais, LH Buruberri, G Ascensão… - Journal of cleaner …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this work novel, porous biomass fly ash-based-geopolymers were produced by using
hydrogen peroxide as pore forming agent. This innovative material can help to mitigate the …

Porosity, mechanical and insulating properties of geopolymer foams using vegetable oil as the stabilizing agent

C Bai, T Ni, Q Wang, H Li, P Colombo - Journal of the European Ceramic …, 2018 - Elsevier
Geopolymer foams, as a new type of potential eco-friendly building material, are
increasingly being discussed in the literature. This study reports the synthesis and …

Porosity and insulating properties of silica-fume based foams

E Papa, V Medri, D Kpogbemabou, V Morinière… - Energy and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The synthesis of silica-fume based foams, with a multi-range macroporosity, was obtained
by alkaline activation. Foams were obtained through an in situ foaming process exploiting …

Sustainable development of geopolymer binder using sodium silicate synthesized from agricultural waste

HS Rajan, P Kathirvel - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Geopolymer binders have emerged as an innovative sustainable material with the
prospective of substituting Portland cement in various circumstances with the possibility of …

Recently emerging trends in thermal conductivity of polymer nanocomposites

CI Idumah, A Hassan - Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 2016 - degruyter.com
Due to escalating power densities in electronics, information, communication, energy
storage, aerospace, and automobile technologies, heat dissipation has become immensely …

Synthesis of metakaolin-based geopolymer foamed materials using municipal solid waste incineration fly ash as a foaming agent

X Tian, K Liu, X Yang, T Jiang, B Chen, Z Tian, J Wu… - Waste Management, 2023 - Elsevier
The existence of metallic aluminum in municipal solid waste incineration fly ash (MSWIFA)
makes it challenging to recycle MSWIFA into cement materials because expansion occurs in …