) hybrid aerogels with bicomponent and interpenetrating gel networks were prepared through co-gelating reaction by controlling Sol-Gel reaction and tuning gel time of hybrid solution. In this study
variations of the hybrid aerogels properties
including apparent density
linear shrinkage
pore texture
micromorphology
thermal stability and mechanical performance
with their silica aerogel contents were investigated. The results showed that apparent density of PR/SiO
2
hybrid aerogels increased proportionally with increasing content of the silica aerogels. Compared to the pure organic phenolic (PR) aerogels
pore texture for PR/SiO
2
hybrid aerogels were remarkably affected by the content of silica aerogels introduced by co-gelating reactions of phenolic resin and tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) monomers. Specific surface area of PR/SiO
2
hybrid aerogels was improved and the average pore diameter decreased after incorporation of silica aerogels. As studied in the research
when the concentration of TEOS monomers increased to 1.50 mol/L
the average pore diameter of PR/SiO
2
hybrid aerogel extremely decreased to 0.25 μm and the specific surface area increased from 24.6 m
2
/g for pure PR aerogel to 44 m
2
/g. Micromorphology detected by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) displayed that larger pores of hybrid aerogels were gradually filled by silica sol particles with increasing content of silica aerogels
which brought forth much more small openings and wider distribution for the pore diameter. Additionally
the skeleton’s strength and thermal stability of PR/SiO
2
hybrid aerogels were efficiently enhanced after the incorporation of silica aerogels. As the concentration of TEOS monomers was 1 mol/L
the temperature corresponding to the maximum pyrolysis rate (
T
max
) was improved from 539 °C to 602 °C
and the thermal decomposition zone of phenolic resin was evidently widened
which suggested that incorporation of silica aerogels effectively inhibited the pyrolysis of phenolic resins. The big promotion of thermal stability for PR/SiO
2
hybrid aerogels was attributed to the thermal barrier and nano-dispersion of SiO
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