Cellulosic and Polyurethane Aerogels

Rigacci (H) and P. Achard Center for Energy and Processes, MINES ParisTech, 1 Rue Claude Daunesse, B.P. 207, 06 904 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France e-mail amaud.rigacci mines-paristech.fr patrick.achard mines-paristech.fr 

Aegerter et al. (eds.), Aerogels Handbook, Advances in Sol-Gel Derived Materials and Technologies, DOI 10.1007/978-l-4419-7589-8 10, 

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Polyurethane and, to a lesser extent, cellulose-based aerogels, were initially developed for applications in thermal insulation [15, 16]. However, they have been studied for other applications as well [17]. For example, they have been considered as precursors of nanos-tructured carbons [18,19] but, contrary to cellulose-based carbon aerogels (Figure 10.2) that appear promising [20, 21], no clear evidence of superior performance exists relative to resorcinol-formaldehyde-based carbon aerogels, mainly because of foaming during... 

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