Materials for Carbon-Neutral Infrastructures

Dear Colleagues,

At present, achieving carbon neutrality is a common goal all over the world. Transportation infrastructures are characterized by high resource demand and energy consumption. Asphalt pavement and bridges, as the most important parts of transportation infrastructures, produce high levels of carbon emissions during their construction and maintenance phases, especially in the stages of raw material extraction and asphalt concrete mixing. Therefore, developing low-carbon materials or related technologies is very important for the sustainable development of transportation and the carbon neutrality goal. Some attempts have been made in the preparation of transportation infrastructure materials with low-carbon emissions based on the principle of saving non-renewable resources and energy, such as the utilization of typical solid waste to replace natural resources in concrete, the development of warm mix asphalt and cold mix asphalt technologies for asphalt pavements, etc. In order to help achieve the goal of carbon neutrality in transportation infrastructures, the aim of this Topic is to attract articles on new materials or innovative technologies for carbon-neutral transportation infrastructures. We welcome original research or review articles with a clear application focus in these areas. We invite you to submit a manuscript to this Topic, including full papers, reviews and short communications.

Prof. Dr. Yue Xiao
Dr. Denis Jelagin
Prof. Dr. Dae-Wook Park
Dr. Zongwu Chen
Topic Editors