The past and future of sustainable concrete: A critical review and new strategies on cement-based materials

J de Brito, R Kurda - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
The negative impacts of cement-based material (CBM) production are way bigger than ever
expected. To illustrate the scale of this phenomenon, all the forests in the world, regardless …

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 …

A review on shrinkage-reducing methods and mechanisms of alkali-activated/geopolymer systems: Effects of chemical additives

B Zhang, H Zhu, P Feng, P Zhang - Journal of Building Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Alkali-activated binders or geopolymers are identified as an ideal substitute for ordinary
Portland cement (OPC) binders because of their outstanding mechanical characteristics and …

Geopolymer concrete with metakaolin for sustainability: a comprehensive review on raw material's properties, synthesis, performance, and potential application

BB Jindal, T Alomayri, A Hasan, CR Kaze - Environmental Science and …, 2022 - Springer
In the last three decades, the gigantic demand for sustainable and environmentally friendly
concrete with reduced environmental footprints has resulted in the development of low …

Alkali-activated materials and geopolymer: a review of common precursors and activators addressing circular economy

M Nodehi, VM Taghvaee - Circular Economy and Sustainability, 2022 - Springer
Introduction The vast increase in CO2 and waste generation in recent decades has been a
major obstacle to sustainable development and sustainability. In construction industry, the …

Drying shrinkage in alkali-activated binders–a critical review

M Mastali, P Kinnunen, A Dalvand, RM Firouz… - … and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Alkali-activated binders have been proposed and have emerged as an alternative to
ordinary Portland cement (OPC) binders with acceptable mechanical and durability …

A study on the properties of geopolymer concrete modified with nano graphene oxide

AM Maglad, O Zaid, MM Arbili, G Ascensão… - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper reports the results of a study conducted to examine the impacts of adding
graphene oxide (GO) to GBFS-fly ash-based geopolymer concrete. The geopolymer …

[HTML][HTML] Hydration characteristics and microstructure of alkali-activated slag concrete: a review

Q Fu, M Bu, Z Zhang, W Xu, Q Yuan, D Niu - Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Alkali-activated slag concrete (AASC) is a new green building material. The amount of CO 2
produced by AASC is 1/5th of that produced by ordinary Portland cement concrete (OPCC) …

Investigations on the properties of geopolymer mortar and concrete with mineral admixtures: A review

BB Jindal - Construction and building materials, 2019 - Elsevier
The climatic changes associated with global warming due to greenhouse gases emission
from cement production attracted researchers towards geopolymer based cementitious …

An overview on the influence of various factors on the properties of geopolymer concrete derived from industrial by-products

WK Part, M Ramli, CB Cheah - Construction and Building Materials, 2015 - Elsevier
The enormous amount of industrial waste ash generated by power generation industry,
timber manufacturing industry, iron and steel making industry, rice milling industry, mining …