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Robust Silica-Agarose Composite Aerogels with Interpenetrating Network Structure by In Situ Sol-Gel Process

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GELS
卷 8, 期 5, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/gels8050303

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silica aerogels; agarose aerogel; nanocomposites; interpenetrating network; mechanical properties; thermal insulation

资金

  1. Innovation Fund of Inner Mongolia University of Science Technology [2018QDL-B01]
  2. Natural Science Foundation of Inner Mongolia [2019BS05022, 2019LH02004]
  3. Science and Technology Plan Project of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region [2020GG0152]
  4. National Natural Science Foundation of China [52164013]
  5. Scientific Research Projects of Colleges and Universities of Inner Mongolia [NJZZ20087]

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This study aims to simplify the preparation process of composite aerogels and obtain materials with excellent properties. Compared to previous methods, the presented process is more concise and environmentally friendly, and the materials have high specific surface area and low thermal conductivity, making them suitable for thermal insulation.
Aerogels are three-dimensional nanoporous materials with outstanding properties, especially great thermal insulation. Nevertheless, their extremely high brittleness restricts their practical application. Recently, although the mechanical properties of silica aerogels have been improved by regulating the precursor or introducing a polymer reinforcer, these preparation processes are usually tedious and time-consuming. The purpose of this study was to simplify the preparation process of these composite aerogels. A silicic acid solution treated with cation exchange resin was mixed with agarose (AG) to gel in situ, and then composite aerogels (CAs) with an interpenetrating network (IPN) structure were obtained by aging and supercritical CO2 fluid (SCF) drying. Compared to previous works, the presented CAs preparation process is briefer and more environmentally friendly. Moreover, the CAs exhibit a high specific surface area (420.5 m(2)/g), low thermal conductivity (28.9 mW m(-1) K-1), excellent thermal insulation properties, and thermal stability. These results show that these CAs can be better used in thermal insulation.

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