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Vol. 14 (2022)

Calcium-Doped Boron Nitride Aerogel Enables Infrared Stealth at High Temperature Up to 1300 °C

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-021-00754-9
Mengya Zhu
School of Nano‑Tech and Nano‑Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People’s Republic of China
Guangyong Li
Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, People’s Republic of China
Wenbin Gong
School of Physics and Energy, Xuzhou University of Technology, Xuzhou 221018, People’s Republic of China
Lifeng Yan
School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People’s Republic of China
Xuetong Zhang
Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Xuetong Zhang

xtzhang2013@sinano.ac.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 14 (2022), Article Number: 18

Abstract

Boron nitride (BN) aerogels, composed of nanoscale BN building units together with plenty of air in between these nanoscale building units, are ultralight ceramic materials with excellent thermal/electrical insulation, great chemical stability and high-temperature oxidation resistance, which offer considerable advantages for various applications under extreme conditions. However, previous BN aerogels cannot resist high temperature above 900 °C in air atmosphere, and high-temperature oxidation resistance enhancement for BN aerogels is still a great challenge. Herein, a calcium-doped BN (Ca-BN) aerogel with enhanced high-temperature stability (up to ~  1300 °C in air) was synthesized by introducing Ca atoms into crystal structure of BN building blocks via high-temperature reaction between calcium phosphate and melamine diborate architecture. Such Ca-BN aerogels could resist the burning of butane flame (~  1300 °C) and keep their megashape and microstructure very well. Furthermore, Ca-BN aerogel serves as thermal insulation layer, together with Al foil serving as both low-infrared-emission layer and high-infrared-reflection layer, forming a combination structure that can effectively hide high-temperature target (heated by butane flame). Such successful chemical doping of metal element into crystal structure of BN may be helpful in the future design and fabrication of advanced BN aerogel materials, and further extending their possible applications to extremely high-temperature environments.


Highlights:


1 A calcium-doped boron nitride (Ca-BN) aerogel was synthesized by introducing Ca into crystal structure of BN building blocks.
2 The aerogels exhibited superior high-temperature stability and could resist the burning of butane flame (~1300 °C) in air atmosphere.
3 Ca-BN aerogel, together with Al foil, can effectively hide thermal target at high temperature up to 1300 °C.

Keywords

Aerogel Boron nitride Calcium doping Infrared stealthy Butane flame
Zhu, Mengya, Guangyong Li, Wenbin Gong, Lifeng Yan, and Xuetong Zhang. 2021. “Calcium-Doped Boron Nitride Aerogel Enables Infrared Stealth at High Temperature Up to 1300 °C”. Nano-Micro Letters 14 (December):18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-021-00754-9.
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