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JOURNAL OF SOL-GEL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 98, Issue 3, Pages 478-486Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10971-021-05530-0
Keywords
Silica aerogel; Nanoporous; Alcogel; Supercritical carbon dioxide; Drying time; Textual properties
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Aerogel technologies offer high-performance lightweight materials with unique textural characteristics. Increasing pressure significantly reduces drying time during supercritical CO2 drying, while extending the drying time does not affect the textural properties of silica aerogel.
Aerogel technologies provide high-performance lightweight materials with unique textural characteristics such as high specific surface area and open porosity. The complete removal of liquid solvent from the wet gel without crumpling the delicate nanoporous texture is one of the significant challenges during the synthesis of aerogels. In this avenue, inspecting the effect of drying time on textural properties is conceived as a noteworthy aspect in the design and development of aerogel-based systems. Therefore, the influences of pressure and temperature on drying time during supercritical CO2 drying were investigated in this report. Results revealed that at a fixed temperature of 40 degrees C, the drying time was shortened significantly with increasing pressure. When the temperature and pressure were 40 degrees C and 25 MPa, respectively, the 60 min of drying time was adequate to completely remove the ethanol from the silica aerogel monolith, while the structure of silica aerogel remained intact. Extending the drying time from 60 to 120 min did not make any difference in terms of the silica aerogel textural properties. In conclusion, this new approach sheds light on solving the big issue of the drying time required for the complete removal of ethanol from the silica aerogel in practical application on a large scale.
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