Enhancing the Thermal Properties of Lightweight Composite Materials
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025
Special Issue Editors
Interests: aerogel; porous material; thermal insulation material; coating material
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Lightweight composite materials have been widely used in fields such as aerospace, new energy vehicles, and electronic packaging due to their low density and high specific strength characteristics. The enhancement in the thermal performance of lightweight composite materials is currently a research hotspot in the field of materials science, aiming to break through the application bottleneck of traditional materials in high-temperature or rapid-heat-transfer scenarios. Specifically, the optimization of its thermal performance needs to focus on three dimensions: system integration of thermal insulation performance, thermal conductivity, and thermal management capability. Taking spacecraft thermal protection systems as an example, the outer shell material needs to achieve an efficient dissipation of internal electronic component heat and the effective isolation from external extreme high temperatures. In the battery system of new energy vehicles, it is necessary to ensure efficient heat dissipation channels between battery cells and construct controllable thermal resistance barriers between modeling groups. The collaborative optimization of multi-level thermal performance will provide precise and controllable thermal protection solutions for extreme environmental equipment, promoting the development of intelligent and adaptive thermal management systems.
Dr. Baosheng Xu
Dr. Ning Zhou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- lightweight composite materials
- thermal insulation
- thermal conductivity
- thermal management
- collaborative optimization
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