A Lightweight Thermally Insulating and Moisture-stable Composite Made of Hollow Silica Particles

Overview

Journal RSC Adv

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2022 Jun 13

PMID 35693244

Authors

Jaswinder Sharma

Georgios Polizos

Charl J Jafta

Yaocai Bai

Diana Hun

Xiang Lyu

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Abstract

Thermal insulation materials are highly desirable for several applications ranging from building envelopes to thermal energy storage systems. A new type of low-cost insulation material called hollow silica particles (HSPs) was recently reported. The present work presents an HSP-based stand-alone composite that has very low thermal conductivity and is highly stable to moisture.

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