International Journal of Ceramic Engineering and Science
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2023
·Vol. 5
·期 4
·e10181
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IF 0
Hengchang Wang,Jie Xu,Mingyue Wei,Xuanyu Meng,Lang Lin,Xiaoying Feng,Feng Gao
Lanthanum zirconate (LZO) has high-temperature advantages, including a high melting point, low thermal conductivity, and high structure stability, which has the potential to be used in high-temperature thermal insulation field. However, low mechanical properties of LZO porous ceramics have limited further applications. In this work, LZO nanofibrous membranes were prepared by electrospinning, and the preparation parameters, including PVP content, spinning voltage, feeding rate, received distance, and the heating process, were investigated to optimize the microstructure of the nanofibrous membranes. The LZO nanofibrous membranes with a grain size of 34.5 nm displayed good morphology after calcining at 1000°C. The LZO fibrous membranes had a very low thermal conductivity of 0.0716 W/m·K at room temperature, showing excellent insulating performance. This work indicates that LZO nanofibrous membranes are promising candidate materials for thermal insulation applications.
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材料科学
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纳米技术
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热工学
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2024
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IF 8.3
Yang Chen,Wei Guo,Shudong Zhang,Jixiang Zhang,Huan Xu,Nian Li,Xiaolin Meng,Min Xi,Cui Liu,Zhenyang Wang
It is of practical significance to develop aerogels with effective thermal insulation characteristics together with fireproof properties as well as high mechanical strength. Here, an interpenetrated multinetwork hybrid aerogel realizing thermal insulation, flame retardancy, and high compression modulus is demonstrated. Specifically, one-dimensional hydroxyapatite nanowires (HAP) played dual roles as the aerogel support skeleton to entangle with layered montmorillonite (MMT) each other to form a three-dimensional interpenetrated multinetwork structure and to optimize the thermal conductivity by adjusting the pore space in current HAP/MMT/PVA hybrid aerogels. Therefore, the interpenetrated multinetwork hybrid aerogels exhibit superior thermal insulation performance in room temperature (0.033 W m–1 K–1, 298 K, air conditions) and largely enhanced ultrahigh compression modulus (80 MPa). Moreover, the obtained hybrid aerogels also exhibit excellent flame retardancy and self-extinguishing smoke suppression properties (peak heat release rate and total smoke production as low as 92.44 kW m–2 and 0.1 m2, respectively), which is the outstanding interpenetrated multinetwork hybrid aerogel that has achieved synergistic improvement in heat and fire insulation and mechanical performance. Therefore, the interpenetrated multinetwork hybrid aerogels are promising candidates for efficient heat insulation, fire prevention, and mechanically robust applications.
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材料科学
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热能工程
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PubMed
高影响因子
ACS Applied Nano Materials
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2024
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IF 5.3
Huawei Zhuo,Yaoyao Chen,Hongtao Xie,Xueli Huang,Vitaliy P. Guro,Kamil Tadjiev,Yizhao Li
The significant accumulation of fly ash has resulted in serious environmental issues. It is imperative to find a safe and high-value method for reusing fly ash to effectively address this problem. Additionally, silica aerogels have gained attention as a promising material for energy conservation and thermal management. However, producing a silica aerogel with low production costs and superior overall properties is still a major challenge. In this study, silica–chitosan composite aerogels (SCA) were prepared from fly ash and chitosan. Amorphous silica is polymerized in situ on chitosan by hydrogen bonding and silyl-oxygen condensation. The resulting aerogels exhibited a fully formed block structure, extremely low density, exceptional flame retardancy, and notable mechanical properties (able to withstand 24,000 times the stress of its own mass). It is noteworthy that the nanopores and three-dimensional network structure endow SCA with excellent thermal insulation performance (with a thermal conductivity of 0.0474–0.0521 W m–1 K–1). The strategy presented here provides a cost-effective and straightforward approach to prepare SCA. The results demonstrate its considerable potential for practical use in energy-efficient and thermally insulated structures. Moreover, this approach offers a direct and high value-added solution to the problem of fly ash.
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材料科学
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环境科学
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高影响因子
COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING
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2021
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IF 9.078
Jiaming Sun,Zhenwei Wu,Bang An,Chunhui Ma,Lifei Xu,Zhanshuo Zhang,Sha Luo,Wei Li,Shouxin Liu
Inspired by the tubular structures found in naturally occurring thermal-insulating materials, tubular cellulose aerogels with improved mechanical resistant, thermal-insulating and flame-retardant properties were prepared from kapok fibers via a facile process. In contrast to fragileness of traditional organic-inorganic composites, an optimized sample exhibited an ultra-high compressive strength of 32 MPa. The tubular structure of this material resulted in a 37.4 °C increase in heat preservation compared with that obtained from a pulp aerogel without this morphology. The H 3 PO 4 decomposed from (NH 4 ) 2 HPO 4 in the formulation crosslinked the outermost cellulose fibers to generate a clay-reinforced dense carbon layer in conjunction with montmorillonite , which restricted the movement of flames and the outflow of volatile compounds. The gaseous voids of internal tubular fibers interrupted the heat transport pathways to inhibit thermal transmission and trapped combustible volatiles to reduce the penetration pressure experienced by the dense carbon layer greatly. The combined effects of the carbon layer and tubular structure effectively limited the transfer of heat, oxygen and volatiles, leading to non-combustion of the optimal sample. This study provided a cost-effective and facile approach to prepare of thermal-insulating, fire-safe and high-strength aerogel showing promising applications in exterior wall insulation and vehicle interior.
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材料科学
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生物启发工程
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高影响因子
COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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2023
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IF 9.1
YueChao Zhao,Fei Fang
To reduce energy consumption, personal thermal management device has attracted great attention. Developing flexible fibers with low thermal conductivity or low emissivity is crucial but is still a great challenge. In this work, we developed a flexible and versatile composite textile with excellent passive and active heating capabilities. Via designing of the pore morphology and solid phase network, the aerogel textile of TPU/SiO 2 (named as T-textile) is obtained with a low thermal conductivity of 0.037 W/mK. The T-textile also exhibits high flexibility with a fracture strain of 580%, while the low ductility is usually an issue for aerogel textures. Meantime, the conductive textile of TPU/Ag (S-textile) is fabricated with a low infrared emissivity of 0.40 and a high electric conductivity of 248.99 S/mm. The S-textile also possesses excellent electromagnetic shielding capability (above 75 dB). The simulated skin (∼27.4 °C) covered with layers of ST (S + T) and STT (S + T + T) textiles could be warmed to 32.6 °C and 35 °C, respectively. Also, with only 0.6 V, the simulated skin covered with S-textile could be heated to 50 °C, while with the TS textile (the ST textile flipped), it is 58 °C. The composite textile offers a combined solution for thermal insulation , Joule heating, flexibility, breathability and electromagnetic shielding capability, making it a smart personal thermal management device for complex scenarios.
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材料科学
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能源工程
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高影响因子
CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2023
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IF 5.2
Huadong Fu,Yan Qin,Zhenyue Zou,Jiamin Fan,Jipeng Dou,Kai Chang,Zhixiong Huang
Lightweight ablative materials owing to their low density, high efficiency heat insulation and excellent designability, which are considered as the most promising candidate materials in the field of aerospace ablative thermal protection. In this work, a polycarbosilane (PCS) in-situ reinforced carbon felt/phenolic (PR/C f ) aerogel composite is reported. The surface of aerogel and carbon fiber was coated with PCS protective layer by sol gel method and secondary vacuum impregnation process. The aerogel composite material possesses low density (0.264–0.307 g/cm 3 ), hydrophobic, low thermal conductivity (0.121–0.178 W/(m·K)) and significant high compressive strength (12.89 MPa). When the oxygen acetylene flame with high heat flow density ablates for 20 s, it shows high efficiency in heat protection and insulation, and the linear ablation rate is as low as 0.089 mm/s. The PL/PR/C f aerogel composite shows competitive and broad application prospects in the field of ablation heat protection in the future.
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材料科学
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航空航天工程
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高影响因子
CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2024
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IF 5.1
Haidong Wu,Wei Liu,Shuai Ge,Cong Tang,Yehua Li,Pengfei Sheng,Shanghua Wu
In this study, the effects of different silicon carbide (SiC) particle sizes on the viscosity and curing behavior of alumina (Al 2 O 3 ) ceramic suspensions were thoroughly investigated. The findings revealed that increasing the size of SiC particles led to a noticeable decrease in the viscosity of the suspension. The Al 2 O 3 ceramic suspension with 0.6 μm SiC powder demonstrated a shallower cure depth and wider excess width compared to the suspension with 1.0 μm SiC powder. Sintering tests demonstrated that the properties of the SiC–Al 2 O 3 ceramics improved at higher sintering temperatures . Moreover, a high-performance honeycomb ceramic was successfully designed and fabricated with a porosity and compressive strength of 30.8 % and 188 MPa, respectively. Finally, the SiC–Al 2 O 3 honeycomb ceramics were effectively applied in heat insulation and oil-water separation applications, demonstrating their remarkable capabilities.
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材料科学
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化学工程
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高影响因子
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2024
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IF 13.3
Huan Xu,Cui Liu,Wei Guo,Nian Li,Yang Chen,Xiaolin Meng,Mengjie Zhai,Shudong Zhang,Zhenyang Wang
The severe environmental pollution issues require the urgent development of new green building insulation materials. Biomass aerogel is deemed as an optimal candidate to replace petroleum-based insulation materials owing to its significant advantages such as low thermal conductivity, eco-friendliness, and high biocompatibility. The interaction of the composite two-phase interface and the fabrication of multilevel pore structures have a significant impact on the comprehensive performance of aerogel applications. In this study, a tunable double-crosslinked network skeleton structure construction of sodium alginate (SA) composite with Al 2 O 3 fibers is proposed, where Ca 2+ induces the sol–gel transition to form a second layer of strong bonding force to effectively support the skeleton structure, and various cross-linking modes, such as ionic bonding, hydrogen bonding and physical cross-linking, are used to synergistically improve the SA aerogel and endow it with multifunctionality. The prepared Al 2 O 3 fiber/SA (SAA) aerogels achieve excellent flame retardancy and self-extinguishing smoke suppression (peak heat release rate as low as 9.7 kW m −2 , and total smoke release rate in the low range of 0.5 m 2 m −2 ). It also has superior mechanical strength (high specific compression modulus of ∼53.3 KN m kg −1 ) and can withstand weights over 2600 times its own weight without deformation, besides the broad range of self-cleaning properties and outstanding biocompatibility. The creation of a double-crosslinked three-dimensional aerogel network via reinforcement of inorganic electrospun fibers provides new insights for eco-friendly insulation materials in construction.
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材料科学
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环境科学
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高影响因子
CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2024
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IF 5.1
Buyue Zhao,Yonghai Wang,Haiming Huang
Fibrous porous ceramics play a vital role in the field of thermal protection systems. In this work, novel lightweight Y 2 Si 2 O 7 fibrous porous ceramics were successfully prepared based on Y 2 Si 2 O 7 fibrous membranes by molding method. The effects of mechanical dispersion speed and heat treatment temperature on the properties of Y 2 Si 2 O 7 fibrous porous ceramics were characterized. The results revealed that benefiting from the appropriate fiber length, the ceramics had a better performance at a mechanical dispersion speed of 4000 revolutions per minute. The density, shrinkage, and compressive strength of the ceramics increased, but the porosity decreased slightly with the increasing heat treatment temperature. The prepared Y 2 Si 2 O 7 fibrous porous ceramics exhibited favorable properties like low density (0.37 g/cm 3 ), high porosity (90.56%), good high-temperature resistance (∼1350 °C), and low thermal conductivity (∼0.12 W m −1 K −1 at 27 °C, ∼0.566 W m −1 K −1 at 1000 °C). These properties indicate that Y 2 Si 2 O 7 fibrous porous ceramics could be a promising candidate as thermal insulation materials in high-temperature environments.
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材料科学
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陶瓷工程
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高影响因子
International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology
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2024
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IF 1.8
Danyang Qiu,Shujing Li,Yuanbing Li,Zhen Cai,Chengzhen Fu,ChangDong Wei
Fiberboard (FB) is extensively utilized in heat-insulating refractory materials owing to its lightweight nature and excellent resistance to high temperatures. Nevertheless, the inadequate mechanical properties and limited dimensional stability of FB hinder its further application. The vacuum filtration was utilized in this study to manufacture inorganically modified insulation FB, incorporating plus fiber/1260 fiber and silica sol as the primary constituents and sepiolite powder (HS) as the modifier. The experimental results show that the fabricated samples exhibited extremely high porosity (75.3%–90.2%) and low thermal conductivity (.063–.15 W m −1 K −1 , 200–800°C). The fibers were arranged in a three-dimensional structure, overlapping with each other, and the silica sol adhered to the fibers, forming a spatial mesh structure through cross-linking. Importantly, the incorporation of HS was effective in controlling the agglomeration of the silica sol, leading to a more uniform distribution within the fibers. Additionally, the study found that the mechanical properties (high hardness (64–72 HA)) and high-temperature durability of the FBs were enhanced due to the flocculant modification. This study highlights promising prospects for industrial applications and offers a cost-effective admixture for modifying and preparing high-performance FBs, which is expected to see broad adoption in thermal insulation and energy conservation applications.
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材料科学
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能源工程
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高影响因子
CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2020
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IF 3.83
Hao Liu,Xun Xiong,Minghao Li,Zhoufu Wang,Xitang Wang,Yan Ma,Lin Yuan
In this study, mullite thermal insulation materials with in-situ synthesized mullite hollow whiskers were prepared by a solid-state reaction method using industrial alumina and silica as raw materials and tungsten-containing compounds as catalysts. The phase transition, microstructures, and effects of in-situ formed hollow whiskers on morphologies and properties of mullite thermal insulation materials were investigated by TG-DTA, XRD, SEM, TEM, thermal conductivity and compressive strength tests. The formation mechanism of mullite hollow whiskers was also studied. The results show that Al–Si–O agglomerations adsorbed on the surface of Al 2 (WO 4 ) 3 columnar particles which were formed at about 900 °C, then the decomposition of Al 2 (WO 4 ) 3 columnar particles and mullitization of Al–Si–O agglomerations led to the formation of mullite hollow whiskers at about 1200 °C. The mullite thermal insulation materials (prepared at 1500 °C) with in-situ formed hollow whiskers exhibit a low thermal conductivity of 0.329 W/(m∙K) to 0.396 W/(m∙K) and a sufficient cold compressive strength of 5.22 MPa. The physical and mechanical properties were controlled by the width and aspect ratio of mullite hollow whiskers. The research of this work provides a new insight into the development of mullite thermal insulation materials used at high temperatures.
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材料科学
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热力学工程
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高影响因子
COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2022
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IF 5.518
Yan Sun,Youlu Chu,Chao Deng,Huining Xiao,Weibing Wu
In recent years, aerogel has been reported as a good thermal insulation material. However, it has remained a great challenge to realize high mechanical property and excellent anti-fouling performance concurrently of aerogel in practical applications. Here, a composite aerogel was developed via directional freezing and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) modification using chitosan (CS) and montmorillonite (MMT) as heat-resistant raw materials and cellulose nanofibrillated fiber (CNF) as reinforcing filler. The intercalation between the CS molecular chain and MMT endows the aerogel with excellent mechanical properties . Due to the anisotropic structure, the axial Young's modulus is high up to 630 KPa, and the radial thermal conductivity is as low as 31 mW m −1 K −1 . Meanwhile, the aerogel shows a high limiting oxygen index (LOI) value of 43%. Furthermore, CVD treatment increases the contact angles to water and various oils higher than 150°, which portects the aerogle from being contaminated by common liquids. Compared to conventional insulation materials, this aerogel can maintain excellent insulation performance in extreme environments such as heavy rain or oil leakage. The composite aerogel is expected to play an important role in the fields of house warmth, vehicle interior, aviation, and etc.
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材料科学
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化学工程
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高影响因子
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