Recent Developments in Biobased Foams and Foam Composites for Construction Applications

Glen Cletus  DSouza; Harrison  Ng; Paul Charpentier; Chunbao Charles Xu

doi:10.1002/cben.202300014

Recent Developments in Biobased Foams and Foam Composites for Construction Applications

Glen Cletus DSouza, Harrison Ng, Paul Charpentier^*, Chunbao Charles Xu

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Abstract

A surge of research into renewable foams has yielded an array of high-performance polymeric materials, many of which exhibit promising properties for next generation thermal insulating materials. Biobased materials are of particular interest, due to growing concerns towards enhancing the circular economy while reducing fossil fuel dependency in the construction industry. This review outlines recent developments in biobased foams based on biobased polyurethanes (BPU), biobased phenol formaldehyde (BPF) and cellulose nanofibers (CNF) foams. These three areas of polymers are of particular interest due to their early stage of market adoption, yet significant industrial potential. As our focus is on construction materials, we will review their thermal, mechanical, and fire-retardant performance, their synthesis/fabrication methods and future prospects. Improving the scalability, reproducibility and cost-effectiveness of their production is vital for successful commercialization adoption.

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7-38
Journal	ChemBioEng Reviews
Volume	11
Issue number	1
Online published	29 Aug 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/cben.202300014
Publication status	Published - Feb 2024
Externally published	Yes

Research Keywords

Biobased foams
Cellulose nanofiber foams
Composites
Thermal insulation

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