Cellulose Diacetate Aerogels with Low Drying Shrinkage, High-Efficient Thermal Insulation, and Superior Mechanical Strength.
Gels
; 10(3)2024 Mar 21.
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ABSTRACT
The inherent characteristics of cellulose-derived aerogels, such as their natural abundance and environmental friendliness, make them highly interesting. However, its significant shrinkage before and after the supercritical drying procedure and low mechanical strength limit its potential application. Here, we propose a strategy to prepare cellulose diacetate aerogels (CDAAs) with low drying shrinkage, exceptional thermal insulation, and superior mechanical strength. The low drying shrinkage (radial drying shrinkage of 1.4%) of CDAAs is attributed to their relative strong networking skeletons, which are greatly formed by tert-butanol solvent exchange in exerting the interaction of reducing the surface tension force. In this case, CDAAs are eventually endowed with the low bulk density of 0.069 g cm-3 as well. Additionally, as-prepared CDAAs possess an abundant three-dimensional networking structure whose pore size is concentrated in the diameter range of ~50 nm, and the result above is beneficial for improving the thermal insulation performance (thermal conductivity of 0.021 W m-1 K-1 at ambient environmental and pressure conditions). On the other hand, the optimal compressive stresses of CDAAs at 3% and 5% strain are 0.22 and 0.27 MPa respectively, indicating a mechanically well robustness. The above evidence demonstrates indeed the exceptional thermal insulation and superior compressive properties of CDAAs. This work may provide a new solution for developing a kind of high-performance cellulose-derived aerogel in the future.
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Gels
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2024
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China
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Suiza