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  • Materials Science
  • Nanotechnology
  • Ceramic Engineering

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  • Traditional ceramic particle aerogels suffer from brittleness.
  • Existing ceramic fiber aerogels (CFAs) lack optimal balance in flexibility, robustness, and thermal insulation due to disordered structures.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop novel, ordered architectural ceramic fiber aerogels (CFAs) with enhanced multifunctionality.
  • To overcome the limitations of existing CFAs in balancing key performance properties.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of porous mullite fibrous aerogels (MFAs) using a novel strategy combining fiber sedimentation and electric field-induced fiber alignment.
  • Utilizing electric field-induced alignment for large-scale bulk aerogel preparation.

Main Results:

  • The synthesized MFAs exhibit an ultra-low high-temperature thermal conductivity of 0.0830 W m⁻¹ K⁻¹ at 1000 °C.
  • Demonstrated anisotropic mechanical and sound absorption performances.
  • Achieved multifunctionality including thermal insulation, sound absorption, and hydrophobicity.

Conclusions:

  • The novel electric field-induced alignment strategy enables the large-scale synthesis of ordered MFAs.
  • These MFAs present a promising combination of thermal insulation, mechanical robustness, and sound absorption.
  • The findings offer new avenues for designing multifunctional ceramic fiber aerogels for diverse applications.