The world's first water-based aerogel process was showcased at the 2026 Aerogel Products New Technology and New Application Exchange Conference

From April 14th to 15th, 2026, the (Second) Aerogel Products New Technology and New Application Exchange Conference was grandly held at the Shishan International Conference Center in Suzhou. This conference, as a core event of the 2026 Asia Silicon Industry Technology Conference and Exhibition (AST2026), brings together over 200 experts and enterprise representatives in the field of aerogel from across the country to jointly explore new directions for technological innovation and application implementation in the industry. Jin Chengli, the founder and chairman of Ningbo Shengrun New Materials Co., LTD., was invited to attend the conference and deliver a significant keynote speech. With the world's first water-based environmentally friendly aerogel production process, he demonstrated Shengrun New Materials' technological leadership and industrial implementation capabilities to the industry.

Overview of the Conference: A top-level industry event, jointly building a new ecosystem for the aerogel industry

This conference is hosted by Beijing Guohua New Materials Technology Research Institute and organized by ACMI Silicon-based New Materials Research Institute. It is supported by multiple industry associations, universities and research institutions. It is held concurrently with several professional new materials exhibitions, covering key directions such as aerogel, organosilicon and thermal management materials. The conference has a total of 3,000 participants and 1,500 exhibitors. It is a highly influential industry event in the domestic silicon-based and aerogel field. The conference specially set up three sub-forums: "Innovation of Aerogel Materials and Products", "Aerogel Products for Building and Industrial Insulation", and "Aerogel Products for New Energy and Energy Storage", focusing on market hotspots, technological breakthroughs, scene applications, and industrial upgrading, to build an efficient platform for communication and cooperation for the high-quality development of the aerogel industry.

The world's first water-based process, revolutionizing the traditional production mode

At the Aerogel Materials and Products Innovation sub-forum, Chairman Jin Chengli, under the title of "The World's First Water-based Environmentally Friendly Process for Low-Cost Production of Aerogel Materials and Its Applications", shared his profound technological accumulation over the past two decades and the disruptive achievements of more than ten years of specialized technological research and development, which attracted high attention from the entire audience. As an industry veteran expert with over two decades of experience in the field of aerogel and a recipient of the "Yongjiang Talent" and "Hometown of Scholars Talent" awards, Chairman Jin Chengli holds over 50 invention patents and has been fully involved in the entire process of aerogel industrialization, from the laboratory to large-scale application. He is a pioneer and innovation leader in the industrialization of aerogel in China.

The core focus of this speech is to share the key breakthroughs of Shengrun's water-based environmental protection technology:

1. Performance up to standard will not be compromised

The sol-gel method is adopted to retain the nanoskeleton and nanopore structure of aerogel, and the technical difficulties of water-based drying are overcome to ensure that the nanopores do not shrink or collapse. The production line with an annual output of 10,000 cubic meters, which was put into operation in June 2025, has been running stably. The thermal conductivity of the product is as low as within 0.017W/ (m · k), and its performance fully meets the standards, with some indicators surpassing those of traditional processes.

2. Green and safe with significant cost reduction

Abandoning hazardous chemical solvents such as ethanol, there is no risk of flammability or explosion, and the discharge of waste gas and wastewater is significantly reduced. No need for chemical industrial parks or explosion-proof equipment, breaking the constraints of large-scale production sites. Production costs have been reduced by over 30% and equipment investment by 50%, facilitating the large-scale popularization of power gel in scenarios such as building energy conservation, industrial insulation, and new energy.

3. Full industrial chain technological accumulation

From the first aerogel invention patent to the first provincial-level aerogel research and development center, the first atmospheric pressure drying production line, the first carbon dioxide supercritical drying production line, and then to the world's first water-based process production line, it has always led the technological iteration and upgrading of the aerogel industry, with a research and development pattern of "exploring one generation, pre-researching one generation, developing one generation, and producing one generation" Layout the dual carbon goals and diverse emerging application scenarios.

4. A full-category product matrix, customized empowerment for multiple fields

Relying on its core water-based environmental protection technology, Ningbo Shengrun has developed a full range of aerogel product systems, breaking the industry's single product limitation and allowing for customized adaptation to different scenarios as needed.

● Core products: Aerogel felt, aerogel coating, aerogel tube shell, aerogel board, aerogel mortar, aerogel brick, aerogel cloth, etc.

● Application fields: Covering diverse scenarios such as building energy conservation, industrial insulation, new energy vehicles, energy storage batteries, rail transit, petrochemicals, national defense and military industry, etc.

● Industrial advantages: Integrating R&D, production, sales and solution services, it promotes aerogel from high-end niche to mass popularization with the advantages of low cost, greenness and customization.