Fiber Sedimentation and Layer-By-Layer Assembly Strategy for Designing Biomimetic Quasi-Ordered Mullite Fiber Aerogels as Extreme Conditions Thermal Insulators

Ceramic fiber aerogels are attractive thermal insulating materials. In a thermomechanical coupling environment, however, they often show limited mechanical strength and considerably increased heat transfer which can lead to thermal runaway. In this paper, inspired by bird's nest and nacre, we demonstrate a sample strategy combining fiber sedimentation and layer-by-layer assembly to fabricate ultrastrong mullite fiber aerogels (MFAs) with quasi-ordered structures. The fibrous layers and fiber bridges are constructed in a fiber sedimentation self-assembly process. The fiber sedimentation technique optimizes the structure of the MFAs by regulating the fiber orientation. Owing to the quasi-ordered structure, the fabricated MFAs exhibit the integrated properties of high compression fatigue resistance, temperature-invariant compression resilience from -196 to 1300 °C, and low thermal conductivity (0.034 W·m-1·K-1). By deliberately pressing multilayer MFAs into a thin paper, we substantially enhance the load-bearing capacity of the MFAs and achieve large temperature differences (563 °C) between the cold and hot surfaces by using a thin layer of MFAs (3-5 mm) under the simulated high-temperature (685 °C) and high-pressure (0.9 MPa) environment test. The combination of compression resistance, mechanical flexibility, and excellent thermal insulation provides an appealing material for efficient thermal insulation in extreme environments.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

ACS applied materials & interfaces - 15(2023), 39 vom: 04. Okt., Seite 46010-46021

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Wenjie [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Yuncong [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Hang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Chen [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Siyi [VerfasserIn]
Mu, Yuwen [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Linyan [VerfasserIn]
He, Xiaodong [VerfasserIn]
Li, Mingwei [VerfasserIn]
He, Fei [VerfasserIn]

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Fiber sedimentation
High-temperature thermal insulation
Journal Article
Layer-by-layer assembly
Mullite fiber aerogels
Quasi-ordered structure

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Date Revised 04.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1021/acsami.3c09418

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362342326