Fast and scalable production of crosslinked polyimide aerogel fibers for ultrathin thermoregulating clothes

Tiantian Xue, Chenyu Zhu, Dingyi Yu, Xu Zhang, Feili Lai, Longsheng Zhang, Chao Zhang, Wei Fan () and Tianxi Liu ()
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Tiantian Xue: Donghua University
Chenyu Zhu: Donghua University
Dingyi Yu: Donghua University
Xu Zhang: Jiangnan University
Feili Lai: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Longsheng Zhang: Jiangnan University
Chao Zhang: Donghua University
Wei Fan: Donghua University
Tianxi Liu: Donghua University

Nature Communications, 2023, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract Polyimide aerogel fibers hold promise for intelligent thermal management fabrics, but their scalable production faces challenges due to the sluggish gelation kinetics and the weak backbone strength. Herein, a strategy is developed for fast and scalable fabrication of crosslinked polyimide (CPI) aerogel fibers by wet-spinning and ambient pressure drying via UV-enhanced dynamic gelation strategy. This strategy enables fast sol-gel transition of photosensitive polyimide, resulting in a strongly-crosslinked gel skeleton that effectively maintains the fiber shape and porous nanostructure. Continuous production of CPI aerogel fibers (length of hundreds of meters) with high specific modulus (390.9 kN m kg−1) can be achieved within 7 h, more efficiently than previous methods (>48 h). Moreover, the CPI aerogel fabric demonstrates almost the same thermal insulating performance as down, but is about 1/8 the thickness of down. The strategy opens a promisingly wide-space for fast and scalable fabrication of ultrathin fabrics for personal thermal management.

Date: 2023
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