Scalable anisotropic cooling aerogels by additive freeze-casting

Kit-Ying Chan; Xi Shen; Jie Yang; Keng-Te Lin; Harun Venkatesan; Eunyoung Kim; Heng Zhang; Jeng-Hun Lee; Jinhong Yu; Jinglei Yang; Jang-Kyo Kim

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33234-8

Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Scalable anisotropic cooling aerogels by additive freeze-casting

Kit-Ying Chan,
Xi Shen,
Jie Yang,
Keng-Te Lin,
Harun Venkatesan,
Eunyoung Kim,
Heng Zhang,
Jeng-Hun Lee,
Jinhong Yu,
Jinglei Yang,
Jang-Kyo Kim

Affiliations

Kit-Ying Chan: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Xi Shen: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Jie Yang: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Keng-Te Lin: Centre for Translational Atomaterials, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn
Harun Venkatesan: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Eunyoung Kim: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Heng Zhang: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Jeng-Hun Lee: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Jinhong Yu: Key Laboratory of Marine Materials and Related Technologies, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jinglei Yang: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Jang-Kyo Kim: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33234-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Scaling up anisotropic freeze-casting processes can be challenging due to the temperature gradient farther from the cold source. Here, authors report an additive freeze-casting technique able to produce large-scale aerogel panels and demonstrate it towards practical passive cooling applications.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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