1. | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY |
1.1. | Aerogels are ultralight materials with high porosity, surface area, and low density |
1.2. | Aerogel Thermal Conductivity and Density Benchmarking Study 2025 |
1.3. | Aerogel Forecast 2021-2035: Polymer and Silica-Based Aerogels |
1.4. | Aerogel Manufacturing Process by Player |
1.5. | Overview of aerogel manufacturer production capacity and process |
1.6. | Current capacity and planned expansions of key aerogel manufacturers |
1.7. | Trend in regional manufacturing capacity: China increasingly dominates |
1.8. | Growth in Global Aerogel Manufacturing Capacity 2015-2025 |
1.9. | China Dominates Aerogel Manufacturing but Less So for Revenue (2025) |
1.10. | Aerogels span a wide range of applications |
1.11. | Silica and Silica Composite Aerogel Forecasts 2021-2025: Applications/Sector |
1.12. | Fire Protection Materials in EV Batteries and the Role of Aerogels |
1.13. | Growing EV Market, regulations, and the opportunity for thermal barriers |
1.14. | Fire Protection Materials: Main Categories |
1.15. | Benchmark: Aerogels vs Other Fire Protection Materials |
1.16. | Density vs Thermal Conductivity -Thermally Insulating Fire Protection for EVs |
1.17. | Comparison of Aerogel Fire Protection Materials for EV Batteries |
1.18. | Forecast: Aerogel Fire Protection Materials for EV, eVTOL, and eCTOL |
1.19. | Access More With an IDTechEx Subscription |
2. | INTRODUCTION |
2.1. | Overview |
2.1.1. | Aerogels are ultralight materials with high porosity, surface area, and low density |
2.1.2. | How are aerogels made? |
2.1.3. | A brief history of aerogels |
2.2. | Aerogel Types |
2.2.1. | Aerogel tree by type |
2.2.2. | IDTechEx evaluated the types of 130 aerogel products in the market |
2.2.3. | Silica is the most commonly employed aerogel material |
2.2.4. | Silica aerogel properties by pure form |
2.2.5. | Key additional properties of silica aerogels |
2.2.6. | Polymer aerogels are rapidly emerging as a commercial product |
2.2.7. | Electrically conductive carbon aerogels attractive for energy storage applications |
2.3. | Aerogel Forms |
2.3.1. | Aerogels are manufactured in a range of form factors |
2.3.2. | Distribution of aerogel form factors in the market |
2.3.3. | Aerogel Particles: Powder aerogel SWOT analysis |
2.3.4. | Aerogel Particles: Granule aerogel SWOT analysis |
2.4. | Benchmarking |
2.4.1. | IDTechEx analyzed properties of 130 aerogel products in the market |
2.4.2. | Aerogel Thermal Conductivity and Density Benchmarking Study 2025 |
2.5. | Key Applications |
2.5.1. | Aerogels span a wide range of applications |
3. | MANUFACTURING METHODS AND PROCESSES |
3.1. | Overview |
3.1.1. | Aerogel Manufacturing Process by Player |
3.1.2. | Scaling of supercritical aerogel manufacturing processes |
3.2. | Supercritical Drying |
3.2.1. | Supercritical drying process: overview |
3.2.2. | Supercritical drying process: closed loop |
3.2.3. | Supercritical drying process: autoclave loading |
3.2.4. | Aspen Aerogel's manufacturing of silica composite aerogel blankets |
3.2.5. | Silica composite aerogels - composites formed from powders and granules |
3.2.6. | Aspen Aerogel's manufacturing process: patent infringements |
3.3. | Ambient Pressure Drying |
3.3.1. | Ambient pressure drying process pioneered by Cabot Corporation |
3.3.2. | Silica aerogel powder manufacturing processes using ambient drying |
3.3.3. | Westwood Aerogel's ambient drying processes to manufacture aerogels |
3.3.4. | Enersens uses ambient pressure drying to manufacture aerogel products |
3.3.5. | Aerogel Technologies scaling up manufacturing process for polymer aerogels |
3.3.6. | Monoliths prepared from methyltrimethoxysilane (MTMS) by Tiem Factory |
3.3.7. | Cost optimised ambient pressure drying process - university research |
3.4. | Other Methods and Processes |
3.4.1. | Polymer aerogels can be pyrolyzed to form carbon aerogels |
3.4.2. | Rapid supercritical extraction |
3.4.3. | 3D printing of aerogels |
3.4.4. | Alternative monolithic aerogel manufacturing processes - university research |
3.5. | Sustainable Feedstocks |
3.5.1. | Research efforts to produce aerogels from sustainable or waste sources |
3.5.2. | Silica aerogels manufactured using raw silica from waste sources |
3.5.3. | Aerofybers Technologies focusing on cellulose-based biopolymer aerogels |
3.5.4. | Aerogel-it developing a range of bioaerogels for thermal solutions |
3.5.5. | Aerogels from waste cotton fabric material and other feedstocks |
3.6. | Cost Analysis |
3.6.1. | Materials and process costs, and process safety can be key limitations |
3.6.2. | Silica composite aerogels - cost analysis |
3.6.3. | Ongoing efforts to tackle the high cost of supercritical drying |
3.6.4. | Cost progression for powder and granule silica aerogels |
3.7. | Production Capacity and Outlook |
3.7.1. | Overview of aerogel manufacturer production capacity and process |
3.7.2. | Current capacity and planned expansions of key aerogel manufacturers |
3.7.3. | Upcoming notable capacity expansions |
4. | PRODUCT LANDSCAPE AND PLAYER OVERVIEW |
4.1. | Player Overview |
4.1.1. | Market entry of aerogel manufacturers and geographical distribution |
4.1.2. | Trend in regional manufacturing capacity: China increasingly dominates |
4.1.3. | Growth in Global Aerogel Manufacturing Capacity 2015-2025 |
4.1.4. | China Dominates Aerogel Manufacturing but Less So for Revenue (2025) |
4.1.5. | Key Player: Aspen Aerogels targets Energy Industrial and EV markets |
4.1.6. | Key Player: Cabot Corporation idled aerogel production plant in 2024 |
4.1.7. | Armacell acquires joint venture from JIOS, with JIOS focusing on EV market |
4.1.8. | LG Chem started commercial production in 2024, targeting EV and Industrial |
4.1.9. | Svenska Aerogels has several ongoing pilot projects with customers |
4.1.10. | IBIH Advanced Materials expanding capacity for the transportation industry |
4.1.11. | Other key Chinese manufacturers and market leaders - status and outlook |
4.2. | Silica Aerogels |
4.2.1. | Silica aerogels overview: players, industry and key applications |
4.2.2. | Properties: Silica aerogel pad/panels and monoliths |
4.2.3. | Examples of silica aerogels products available in the market |
4.3. | Silica Composite Aerogels |
4.3.1. | Aspen Aerogels manufactures composite blankets for Energy, Industrial, and EV |
4.3.2. | Armacell's ArmaGel range for energy, industrial, commercial, and transport |
4.3.3. | Silica composite aerogels from key Chinese manufacturers |
4.3.4. | Examples of silica composite aerogels available in the market |
4.3.5. | Silica composite aerogels formed from powder and granules - players and progress |
4.4. | Organic Aerogels |
4.4.1. | Organic aerogels in the market based on polymers, biopolymers and carbon |
4.4.2. | Polyimide and polyurea polymer aerogels developed by Aerogel Technologies |
4.4.3. | Other polymer aerogel products manufactured by Aerogel Technologies |
4.4.4. | Blueshift materials manufactures polyimide aerogel thin films |
4.4.5. | Blueshifts AeroZero products: properties |
4.4.6. | Key carbon aerogel manufacturers - first movers in China to upscale capacity |
4.4.7. | Graphene and graphite aerogel - Aerogel Core Ltd |
5. | PATENT ANALYSIS |
5.1. | Trends in aerogel patent applications and patents issued 2000-2025 |
5.2. | Top patent assignees and the associated geographic distribution |
5.3. | Patent applications by country and targeted geographic markets |
5.4. | Notable patent infringement cases: Aspen vs Nano Tech and Alison Hi-Tech |
6. | APPLICATIONS: FIRE PROTECTION MATERIALS IN EV |
6.1. | Thermal Runaway and Fires in EVs |
6.2. | Fire Protection Materials in EV Batteries and Aerogels |
6.3. | Battery Fires and Related Recalls (automotive) |
6.4. | Growing EV Market |
6.5. | Regulations |
6.6. | Fire Protection Materials: Main Categories |
6.7. | Fire Protection Materials Comparison |
6.8. | Density vs Thermal Conductivity -Thermally Insulating Fire Protection for EVs |
6.9. | Material Intensity (kg/kWh) |
6.10. | Concerns for Aerogels in EV Batteries and How They're Addressed |
6.11. | Applications of Aerogels in EV Batteries: IBIH |
6.12. | Applications of Aerogels in EV Batteries: Other Chinese Manufacturers |
6.13. | Current Applications of Aerogels in EV Batteries: Aspen Aerogels |
6.14. | Applications of Aerogels in EV Batteries: JIOS |
6.15. | Notable Entrants to the EV Market - Alkegen, Toray, and others |
6.16. | Notable Entrants to the EV Market - Cabot Corporation |
6.17. | Enersens developing Skogar range for EV and eVTOL |
6.18. | Blueshift's polyimide AeroZero based thermal runaway mitigation solutions |
6.19. | Combining Aerogels with Foams for EV and eVTOL applications |
6.20. | Examples of aerogel fire protection materials for EVs |
6.21. | Comparison of Aerogel Fire Protection Materials for EV Batteries |
6.22. | Forecast: Aerogel Fire Protection Materials for EV, eVTOL, and eCTOL |
6.23. | Forecast: Aerogel Material Demand for EV 2021-2035 |
6.24. | For more information on Fire Protection Materials for Electric Vehicle Batteries |
7. | APPLICATIONS: THERMAL AND CRYOGENIC INSULATION |
7.1. | Building and Construction |
7.1.1. | Building and construction - overview |
7.1.2. | Building and construction - panels and blankets |
7.1.3. | Building and construction - coatings and paints |
7.1.4. | Building and construction - plaster, concrete and bricks (2) |
7.1.5. | Notable entrants: Aerogel startups targeting building insulation |
7.1.6. | "Aerogel-like" products |
7.1.7. | "Aerogel-like" products - SUMTEQ |
7.1.8. | Benchmark: aerogel density and thermal conductivity for building & construction |
7.1.9. | Benchmark: silica aerogels for building and construction applications |
7.1.10. | Benchmark: silica composite aerogels for building and construction |
7.1.11. | Benchmark: polymer aerogels for building and construction |
7.2. | Oil & Gas and Energy Infrastructure |
7.2.1. | Oil and Gas - refineries |
7.2.2. | Oil and Gas - pipelines |
7.2.3. | Benchmark: Aerogels for oil & gas refineries and pipelines |
7.2.4. | Oil and Gas - cryogenic insulation for pipelines |
7.2.5. | Examples of aerogel products for cryogenic insulation |
7.2.6. | District energy applications |
7.3. | Industrial Insulation |
7.3.1. | Industrial insulation |
7.3.2. | Examples of aerogel products for industrial applications from major players |
8. | APPLICATIONS: OTHER |
8.1. | Energy Storage |
8.1.1. | Energy Storage Overview |
8.1.2. | Energy storage - silicon anodes and Aspen Aerogels |
8.1.3. | Energy storage - Li-S batteries |
8.1.4. | Energy storage - carbon aerogels as electrodes |
8.1.5. | Energy storage - Graphene aerogels |
8.1.6. | Energy Storage: Supercapacitors |
8.1.7. | Energy storage: thermal insulation |
8.2. | Aerospace and Defence |
8.2.1. | Aerogels used in Stardust and Rover missions by NASA |
8.2.2. | NASA - Aerogels for Space and Beyond |
8.2.3. | NASA - PI aerogels |
8.2.4. | Examples of NASA's developments on aerogel applications for aerospace |
8.2.5. | Other examples of NASA's advances in PI aerogel applications for space |
8.2.6. | Other notable players developing aerogels for aerospace applications |
8.2.7. | Examples of aerogels for aerospace applications |
8.2.8. | Defence applications |
8.3. | Electronic Appliances and Telecoms |
8.3.1. | EMI shielding |
8.3.2. | Electronics - thermal insulation |
8.3.3. | Examples of aerogel products for electronic appliances |
8.3.4. | 5G mobile phones - antenna modules |
8.3.5. | Antenna substrates - polymer aerogels |
8.3.6. | Low loss materials for 5G - polymer aerogels |
8.3.7. | Low loss materials for 5G - polymer aerogels (2) |
8.4. | Apparel & Sports |
8.4.1. | Apparel applications |
8.4.2. | Case study: Solarcore's aerogel for apparel applications |
8.4.3. | Examples of other aerogel products for apparel |
8.4.4. | Sports equipment |
8.5. | Daylighting |
8.5.1. | Window insulation - Cabot Corporation |
8.5.2. | Window insulation - AeroShield |
8.5.3. | Window insulation - Tiem Factory |
8.5.4. | Examples of aerogel products for daylighting |
8.6. | Transportation |
8.6.1. | Transportation - silica |
8.6.2. | Transportation - polymer aerogel |
8.6.3. | Aerogel products for transportation: new energy vehicles, railway, etc. |
8.7. | Other |
8.7.1. | Oil-spill remediation and desalination |
8.7.2. | Packaging - Cold chain |
8.7.3. | Personal care products: beauty ad cosmetics |
8.7.4. | R&D activities and other applications of aerogels |
9. | FORECASTS |
9.1. | Forecast Methodology |
9.2. | Aerogel Forecast 2021-2035: Polymer and Silica-Based Aerogels |
9.3. | Silica and Silica Composite Aerogel Forecasts 2021-2025: Applications/Sector |
9.4. | Silica and Silica Composite Aerogel Forecasts: Market share % by Application |
9.5. | Silica and Silica Composite Aerogel Forecasts: Industrial, LNG and Energy |
9.6. | Forecast: Aerogel Fire Protection Materials for EV, eVTOL, and eCTOL |
9.7. | Forecast: Aerogel Material Demand for EV 2021-2035 |
9.8. | Comparison with Previous Forecasts |
10. | COMPANY PROFILES |