A novel silica aerogel/porous Si3N4 composite prepared by freeze casting and sol-gel impregnation with high-performance thermal insulation and wave-transparent

  • Haixia Yang
  • , Feng Ye*
  • , Qiang Liu
  • , Shichao Liu
  • , Ye Gao
  • , Limeng Liu
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A novel silica aerogel/porous Si3N4 composite with high-performance thermal insulation and wave-transparent has been prepared by freeze casting and sol-gel impregnation. The morphology, microstructure and properties of the composite were investigated. After impregnating of silica aerogel, the composite has nanometer porous structures. The results of performance test show that the room-temperature thermal conductivity remarkably decreased and the compressive strength increased while impregnating porous Si3N4 with silica aerogel. The composite exhibits low thermal conductivity (0.043 Wm-1K-1), low dielectric constant (~1.6) and loss tangent (~0.0018). The silica aerogel/porous Si3N4 composite can be suitable for use in thermal insulation and wave-transparent functional integration material.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)135-138
Number of pages4
JournalMaterials Letters
Volume138
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Impregnation
  • Microstructure
  • Porous materials
  • Thermal insulation
  • Wave-transparent

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