Aerogel glazing systems for building applications: A review

C Buratti, E Belloni, F Merli, M Zinzi - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
A comprehensive review of aerogel glazing systems is provided, focusing on the main
properties of interest in building applications. Both granular and monolithic forms are taken …

Advances of thermal conductivity models of nanoscale silica aerogel insulation material

YL He, T Xie - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper summarized the development of the effective thermal conductivity models for the
nanoporous silica aerogel insulation material. Firstly, the nanoscale heat transfer …

Thermal transport in nano-porous insulation of aerogel: Factors, models and outlook

GH Tang, C Bi, Y Zhao, WQ Tao - Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Thermal transport in nano-porous insulation material of aerogel has recently attracted
increasing attention due to its extreme low thermal conductivity and the broad applications …

Nano-TiO2 coated needle carbon fiber reinforced phenolic aerogel composite with low density, excellent heat-insulating and infrared radiation shielding performance

Y Pan, X Jin, H Wang, H Huang, C Wu, X Yan… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
High-performance thermal protection materials (TPMs) for spacecraft are becoming current
research hotspots. Lightweight polymer-based ablators are considered to be the most …

Study of effective thermal conductivity of a novel SiO2 aerogel composite for high-temperature thermal insulation

PE Okafor, G Tang - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2023 - Elsevier
A SiO 2 aerogel composite doped with novel spherical hollow carbon@ SiC infrared
opacifiers was proposed. Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) combined with the …

Silica aerogel composited with both plasmonic nanoparticles and opacifiers for high-efficiency photo-thermal harvest

T Wang, Q Si, Y Hu, G Tang, KJ Chua - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Plasmonic nanoparticles are doped in silica aerogels for high-efficiency photothermal
conversion of solar energy in seawater desalination and so on. However, this suffers from …

Infrared-opacified Al2O3–SiO2 aerogel composites reinforced by SiC-coated mullite fibers for thermal insulations

L Xu, Y Jiang, J Feng, J Feng, C Yue - Ceramics international, 2015 - Elsevier
To opacify infrared radiation of mullite fiber-reinforced aerogel composites, SiC coatings
were prepared on surfaces of mullite fibers by soaking with polycarbosilane (PCS) solution …

Application of super-insulating translucent silica aerogel glazing system on commercial building envelope of humid subtropical climates–Impact on space cooling load

Y Huang, J Niu - Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Solar radiation through glazing area is one major source of the space cooling load in
subtropical cooling-dominant climates. Application of energy-efficient glazing system can …

Thermal conductivity of fiber and opacifier loaded silica aerogel composite

H Zhang, WZ Fang, X Wang, YM Li, WQ Tao - International Journal of Heat …, 2017 - Elsevier
Due to pure silica aerogel is fragile and nearly transparent to 3–8 μm infrared beam,
reinforced fiber and opacifier are composited with silica aerogel to optimize its performance …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling silica aerogel optical performance by determining its radiative properties

L Zhao, S Yang, B Bhatia, E Strobach, EN Wang - AIP Advances, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Silica aerogel has been known as a promising candidate for high performance transparent
insulation material (TIM). Optical transparency is a crucial metric for silica aerogels in many …