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Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Technologies of Cement-Based Materials

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction and Building Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 February 2026 | Viewed by 907

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Dr. Hui Wang

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School of Civil ＆ Environmental Engineering and Geography Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
Interests: cement concrete; smart concrete; durability; thermoregulation cement-based materials
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Prof. Dr. Yuanzhan Wang

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School of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University, 135 Yaguan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin 300354, China
Interests: sustainable and recycled concrete materials; reliability analysis and durability evaluation of engineering structures
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Dr. Ling Qin

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School of Civil Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao 266033, China
Interests: concrete durability; magnesium based low-carbon cementitious materials; carbon sequestration of cement-based materials; solid waste resource utilization; asphalt
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Dr. Jianwei Sun

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School of Civil Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao 266520, China
Interests: concrete durability; low-carbon cementitious materials; solid waste resource utilization

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Under the global carbon neutrality mandate, the construction industry—a major carbon emitter—faces urgent demands to decarbonize traditional cement production. Cement manufacturing has become a focal point for sustainable building material research. Recent advancements in CO2 capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies integrated with cement-based materials offer a potential pathway to transition from "carbon source" to "carbon sink," attracting significant attention from both academia and industry. This Special Issue seeks cutting-edge research on the full-chain innovation of CO2 "capture–conversion–storage" in cement-based materials, driving low-carbon transformation from production to application. Key topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

  1. Low-Carbon Binder Design: Novel low-calcium cements, carbon-activated industrial byproducts (e.g., steel slag, fly ash, etc.) as supplementary cementitious materials, and alkali-activated materials.
  2. Carbonation Curing: Reaction mechanisms, process optimization, and impacts on concrete durability.
  3. Carbon-Negative Construction Materials: CO2 permanent sequestration (e.g., carbonated aggregates, precast elements, etc.) and life cycle assessment.
  4. Scalable Implementation: Industrial-scale CCU–cement integration, carbon trading mechanisms, and cost–benefit analysis.
  5. Multiscale Characterization: In situ monitoring of CO2–material interactions and microstructural control strategies.

Dr. Hui Wang
Prof. Dr. Yuanzhan Wang
Dr. Ling Qin
Dr. Jianwei Sun
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Keywords

  • CO2 capture and utilization
  • low-carbon cementitious materials
  • carbon mineralization
  • sustainable construction materials
  • cement decarbonization
  • industrial waste valorization
  • life cycle assessment

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A New Concrete Freeze–Thaw Damage Model Based on Hydraulic Pressure Mechanism and Its Application
by Lantian Xu, Yuchi Wang, Yuanzhan Wang and Tianqi Cheng
Materials 2025, 18(15), 3708; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18153708 - 7 Aug 2025
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Freeze–thaw damage is one of the most important factors affecting the durability of concrete in cold regions, and how to quantitatively characterize the effect of freeze–thaw cycles on the degree of damage of concrete is a widely concerning issue among researchers. Based on [...] Read more.
Freeze–thaw damage is one of the most important factors affecting the durability of concrete in cold regions, and how to quantitatively characterize the effect of freeze–thaw cycles on the degree of damage of concrete is a widely concerning issue among researchers. Based on the hydraulic pressure theory, a new concrete freeze–thaw damage model was proposed by assuming the defect development mode of concrete during freeze–thaw cycles. The model shows that the total amount of defects due to freeze–thaw damage is related to the initial defects and the defect development capacity within the concrete. Based on the new freeze–thaw damage model, an equation for the loss of relative dynamic elastic modulus of concrete during freeze–thaw cycles was established using the relative dynamic elastic modulus of concrete as the defect indicator. In order to validate the damage model using relative dynamic elastic modulus as the defect index, freeze–thaw cycle tests of four kinds of concrete with different air content were carried out, and the rationality of the model was verified by the relative dynamic elastic modulus of concrete measured under different freeze–thaw cycling periods. On this basis, a freeze–thaw damage model of concrete was established considering the effect of air content in concrete. In addition, the model proposed in this paper was supplemented and validated by experimental data from other researchers. The results show that the prediction model proposed in this study is not only easy to apply and has clear physical meaning but also has high accuracy and general applicability, which provides support for predicting the degree of freeze–thaw damage of concrete structures in cold regions. Full article
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A Review on Comfort of Pedestrian Bridges Under Human-Induced Vibrations and Tuned Mass Damper Control Technologies
by Shoukun Zhang, Baijin Wu, Yong Tang, Han Zhang, Zheng Xu, Guoqiang Li and Shuang Lu
Materials 2025, 18(16), 3903; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18163903 - 21 Aug 2025
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With the development of urban infrastructure construction, while pedestrian bridges meet traffic functions the issue of their comfort has become a core consideration in structural design. This is because the long-span lightweight structures, with their large flexibility and low fundamental frequencies, are also [...] Read more.
With the development of urban infrastructure construction, while pedestrian bridges meet traffic functions the issue of their comfort has become a core consideration in structural design. This is because the long-span lightweight structures, with their large flexibility and low fundamental frequencies, are also vulnerable to human-induced vibrations. Pedestrian load modellings include the deterministic time-domain model, which is widely adopted in codes due to its simplicity, the random model that takes into account individual variability, and the frequency-domain model. The deterministic time-domain model has abundant parameter determination results and has become relatively mature, while the latter two, although more rigorous, have relatively lagging development. Numerous studies have shown that acceleration limits are the main indicators for comfort assessment. Vertical vibrations are controlled by amplitude constraints, while for the lateral vibrations the “lateral lock-in” that can cause dynamic instability needs to be evaluated with particular emphasis. When comfort exceeds an acceptable degree, a prevalent countermeasure is to attach a Tuned Mass Damper (TMD) or Multiple Tuned Mass Damper (MTMD) system to the structure—the latter demonstrates stronger robustness when dealing with random pedestrian loads. Full article
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