Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2020, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (4): 7-11.doi: 10.11962/1006-4990.2019-0269

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Research progress of nano-sized reinforced silica aerogel composites

Zhao Hongkai,Shao Kai,Liu Wei   

  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering,Jilin Jianzhu University,Changchun 130118,China
  • Received:2019-10-20 Online:2020-04-10 Published:2020-04-22

Abstract:

The application of silica aerogel is restricted due to its high brittleness and low mechanical strength.Conventional reinforced silica aerogel composites with micron size or larger can improve the properties of silica aerogel,but it is difficult to enhance the pore size in the nanometer size range.At present,synthetic polymer nanofibers,cellulose nanofibers,nanotubes,inorganic nanofibers,graphene and graphene oxide etc.could be used to enhance the properties of silica aerogel.The nano-sized reinforced material can be evenly dispersed in the nano-sized pores of silica aerogels.It has the advantages of low dry shrink and large specific surface area,which can effectively improve compressive strength and toughness of silica aerogel.

Key words: silica aerogel, reinforced material, nanometer size, nano-sized pores, enhancing and toughening

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