Journal
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
Volume 25, Issue 23, Pages 4757-4764Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/cm402900y
Keywords
alumina aerogel; sol-gel; specific surface area; heat resistance; supercritical fluid modification
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11074189, U1230113]
- National key Technology R&D Program of China [2013BAJ01B01]
- Shanghai Committee of Science and Technology [11 nm0501600, 11 nm0501300]
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Because of ultralow thermal conductivity, excellent catalytic activity, and better heat resistance than silica aerogel, alumina-based aerogel has drawn great interest as thermal insulators and catalysts. However, it is too fragile and sinters above 1000 degrees C (it shrinks drastically, >50%, and leaves the surface area as low as 10-70 m(2)/g at 1300 degrees C), which badly limits its high-temperature applications. Herein, super heat-resistant, strong alumina aerogels are prepared via a novel acetone-aniline in situ water formation (ISWF) method combined with novel modification techniques: supercritical fluid modification (SCFM) and hexamethyldisilazane gas phase modification. The heat resistance of alumina aerogel is enhanced up to 1300 degrees C via this method. The shrinkage of the optimized alumina aerogel is reduced to as low as 1 and 5% and the corresponding surface area reaches up to 152-261 and 125-136 m(2)/g after being heated to 1200 and 1300 degrees C for 2 h, respectively. The strength is significantly increased by more than 120% through SCFM. It also exhibits excellent thermal insulation properties at temperatures up to 1300 degrees C. This may significantly contribute to their practical ultrahigh-temperature applications in thermal insulations, catalysts, catalyst supports, etc.
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