Preparation of monolith SiC aerogel with high surface area and large pore volume and the structural evolution during the preparation

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 8265-8271

  Kong, Yong ^a,b   Shen, Xiaodong ^a   Cui, Sheng ^a   Fan, Maohong ^b,c  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbothermal reduction; Microstructure; Silicon carbide; Sol gel; Supercritical drying

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; PORE STRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON CARBIDE; SOL-GEL PROCESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HIGH POROSITY; HIGH SURFACE AREA; LARGE PORE VOLUME; MESOPOROUS STRUCTURES; N2 ADSORPTION; RESORCINOL FORMALDEHYDES; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; SUPERCRITICAL DRYING;

CARBOTHERMAL REDUCTION;

EID: 84897471977     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.01.025     Document Type: Article

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