The developed recipes and methods can be scaled for the mass production with various
sizes and shapes. The excellent properties of the developed cellulose aerogels were:
The macroporous structures through Field emission scanning electron
microscopy (FE‐SEM)
Very light weight (0.04 g/cm3), flexible and good mechanical properties
Very high absorbance capacity of polar and non‐polar liquids (max. 20 times its
own weight for oil and water)
Can be easily reused by a simple squeezing to remove 99.5 % of the absorbed
liquids.
Very low thermal conductivity of 0.029 Wm‐1K‐1 (as low as the popular silica aerogels)
Self‐cleaning due to the water‐repellent property.