High strength, low thermal conductivity and collapsible of Y2O3-stablized HfO2 crystalline fibrous membranes

HfO 2 is an important high temperature resistant material, which has a high melting point (2810 °C), good chemical stability and high thermal radiation. Fibrous material has some advantages for heavy refractory matter, such as large aspect ratio, light weight, more energy saving, flexibility and further can be processed into a variety of product forms. In this paper, high strength HfO 2 crystalline nanofibers were prepared through self-synthesis polyacetylcatonahafnium (PAHf) with electrospinning method. Phase variation process was discussed in detail, and the HfO 2 fibers that use Y 2 O 3 as stabilizer with phase stability were prepared finally. The fibers were composed of nanocrystals with good flexibility even folded in half, tensile strength of 1.6 MPa @ 1000 °C and can lifting up 1288 times its own weight, low density around 35 mg/cm 3 . The thermal conductivity was stable around 26 mW / (m·K) @ 1200 °C and the temperature can be cooled from 1200 °C to 396 °C after 180 s through 7 mm fibrous membranes . And after treated at 1200 °C for 5 h, the fibrous membranes also maintain high strength and good flexibility. By this kind of precursor method, high strength oxide fibers can be obtained, which has a wide application prospect in field of high temperature thermal protection.