Zhang, S. Z.; He, L. J.; Kong, D. L.; Liu, Y. Y.; Wang, M.; Liu, T.; Zhang, W. L.; Huang, H. Y.; Li, W. J. Study on the effect of solvent polarity on the microstructure of phenolic aerogel. Polym. Bull. (in Chinese), 2024, 37(11), 1620–1627
Zhang, S. Z.; He, L. J.; Kong, D. L.; Liu, Y. Y.; Wang, M.; Liu, T.; Zhang, W. L.; Huang, H. Y.; Li, W. J. Study on the effect of solvent polarity on the microstructure of phenolic aerogel. Polym. Bull. (in Chinese), 2024, 37(11), 1620–1627 DOI: 10.14028/j.cnki.1003-3726.2024.24.170.
Study on the Effect of Solvent Polarity on the Microstructure of Phenolic Aerogel
One of the key factors in the formation of phenolic aerogel is the sol-gel transition during the phase separation reaction induced by solution polymerization. In order to study the effect of solvent polarity on the sol-gel process and aerogel structure of phenolic resin
the phenolic aerogel with different pore structures was prepared by using ambient drying and supercritical drying. The aerogel structure was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and so on. The results showed that the phenolic aerogel prepared with N-pentanol as the reaction solvent was not affected by the drying method
and the phenolic aerogel with stable physicochemical properties and pore structure could be obtained. The carbon aerogel after high temperature pyrolysis was still not affected by the previous drying method. In this work
by comparing the phenolic aerogel prepared by different polar reaction solvents and drying methods
it is clear that phenolic can effectively undergo the sol-gel process in N-pentanol solvent
and obtain a porous structure with tight particle packing and stable skeleton
avoiding the influence of late drying methods on the physicochemical properties and pore structure of phenolic aerogel. These results provide technical support for the large-scale production and practical application of phenolic aerogel.
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