Nanostructured interpenetrated organic-inorganic aerogels with thermal superinsulating properties

摘要

Organic-inorganic composite aerogels were synthesized via a facile one-step impregnation of a wet hydrophobic cellulose II matrix with polyethoxydisiloxane solution followed by in situ NH4OH-catalysed formation of a nano structured mesoporous silica network. The silica phase was subsequently hydrophobised with hexamethyldisilazane. By tuning synthesis conditions, organic-inorganic composite aerogels with various morphology (from meso- to macroporous), specific surface area (from 200 to 850 m(2)/g) and hydrophilic-hydrophobic balance (from fully hydrophilic to highly hydrophobic) were prepared after supercritical CO2 drying. The obtained organic-inorganic aerogels are monolithic, resistant to humidity and thermally superinsulating with the thermal conductivity 0.021-0.022 W/(m.K) in room conditions. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.