Introduction:
Aerogel has been the focus of researchers since its birth, but after several industrialization has not been popularized in the application side, the reason is that the technology is not mature enough and the cost is too high. But the situation has improved in recent years, and aerogel has been used in more scenarios than ever before. So what prompted the rise of aerogel?

In the current fourth industrialization process we are experiencing, we can also intuitively feel that aerogels have broken through many areas of our lives. This is a gradual process, looking back at the aerogel approach to our "every step", we will find that there are different factors driving the development of aerogel.
Next, we will elaborate on policy, technology, market demand and other aspects to explore why aerogel is getting closer and closer to us.
1. Policy aspect
Speaking of aerogel, an unavoidable topic is the promotion of the two-carbon policy. In 2020, China put forward the goal of reaching the peak of carbon and carbon neutrality, which is a major strategic decision made by the Party Central Committee and The State Council. Aerogels have important strategic significance for reducing carbon emissions and realizing the goal of double carbon. During this period, the state and local governments have issued a number of policies and insurance compensation mechanisms, which have aroused the attention of the public, especially enterprises.
2, standard specification project
In 2018, China's first national standard for aerogel materials, nanopore aerogel composite insulation products, was formally implemented. Since then, based on the popularity of aerogel and its continuous development to the downstream, relevant institutions in the fields of building materials, new energy and other fields have also issued relevant application standards for aerogel. Aerogel industry standards continue to be introduced and approved, which is conducive to standardizes the use of aerogel, provides technical support in design, construction and acceptance, and helps aerogel open a broad consumer space in the downstream market. It can be said that this is a mutual process, as the application field of aerogel expands and the market sinks, more specifications will be introduced to promote the benign development of the aerogel market.
3. Technical aspects
Reviewing the industrialization process of aerogel, we can find that technological change is also an important factor affecting the development of aerogel. Drying technology is an important step in the process of aerogel preparation. Currently, supercritical drying process and atmospheric pressure drying process are the mainstream, and supercritical drying technology takes the lead in batch preparation of aerogel technology, which has been relatively mature at present, providing basic technical support for the yield and quality of aerogel.
4. Demand side
From the perspective of the global market, compared with the overall market of thermal insulation materials, although the aerogels market size is not very large at present, it is growing particularly rapidly. The current downstream demand structure for aerogel is 56% for oil and gas projects, 18% for industrial insulation, 9% for building construction, and 8% for transportation. In 2026, 14% will be used for construction, while demand in the transportation sector will increase to 13%. It can be seen that when the coverage and awareness of aerogel materials and composite products continue to improve, the growth of demand in other areas such as construction materials, aerospace and military industry and daily life, and the acceleration of carbon neutrality bring explosive growth, the growth space of aerogel will be more and more large.