Rapid Fabrication of Monolithic Carbon Aerogels Based on Resorcinol-Formaldehyde by Ambient Pressure Drying

Park, SKyu; Kim, HC; Oh, CSup; Kim, YHa

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2390682

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Journal Article

Year

2013

HERO ID 2390682
In Press No
Year 2013
Title Rapid Fabrication of Monolithic Carbon Aerogels Based on Resorcinol-Formaldehyde by Ambient Pressure Drying
Authors Park, SKyu; Kim, HC; Oh, CSup; Kim, YHa
Journal Asian Journal of Chemistry
Volume 25
Issue 10
Page Numbers 5395-5398
Abstract New synthesis conditions to rapidly fabricate monolithic carbon aerogels based on resorcinol and formaldehyde were developed using ambient pressure drying. The resorcinol-formaldehyde aerogel network synthesized under strong basic conditions not only dramatically reduced the gelation time but also exhibited better particle connectivity. This also allowed for the rapid drying of the wet-gels and subsequent carbonization in an inert atmosphere to yield carbon aerogels. Monolithic carbon aerogels possessing both microporous and macroporous characteristics were synthesized. It was shown that the microstructure of the carbon aerogels was comprised of spherical particles that could be tailored by control of sol-gel preparation parameters, such as volume ratios of formaldehyde, deionized water and ammonium hydroxide with the resorcinol. The synthesized carbon aerogels had a tapping density as low as 0.11 g/cm(3) and a specific surface area as high as 551 m(2)/g.
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Keyword Carbon aerogels; Ambient pressure drying; BET surface area; TGA-DTA analysis; FE-SEM