Barbara Milow

Introduction Click to copy section linkSection link copied! Aerogels are nanostructured open-porous materials that are synthesized from various inorganic and organic sources. IUPAC recently listed aerogels among the top 10 emerging technologies in chemistry in 2022. (1) This class of materials has attracted significant attention owing to their exceptionally low densities and thermal conductivity.

Introduction Click to copy section linkSection link copied! Porous carbon materials present a ubiquitous solution to a diverse range of technological applications, like batteries, fuel cells, and supercapacitors, as sorbents for separation processes and gas storage, as well as acting as catalyst support. (1−4) Their unique physical and chemical properties, such as surface area, density, and electrical and thermal conductivity, account for their wide range of applications.

1 Introduction Metal oxides, especially mixed metal oxides are typically chosen for high-temperature applications, for example, as slurries for oxidic ceramic matrix composites.[1] The majority of these materials are alumina or zirconia based, or composed of mixtures of these materials with other oxides, mixed oxides such as mullite or dopant-stabilized oxides.[1, 2] Unlocking this potential of metal oxides within the material spectrum of aerogels would further boost their applicability in...