Carbon aerogel is a unique carbon material which possess a wide varieties of exceptional properties such as light weight, high surface area, good electrical conductivity, etc. Carbon aerogels are generally synthesized through the sol-gel polymerization of resorcinol-formaldehyde. In this work, the new type of carbon aerogels will be synthesized and characterized by using polybenzoxazine as a precursor which is a novel phenolic resin with exceptional properties such as high crosslinking, structure design flexibility, etc. The microstructure of organic and carbon aerogel can be tailored by varying the synthesis parameters such as type of reactant, concentration, temperature, catalyst, etc. The effect of these parameters on the structure will be investigared.

Effect of solvents and concentrations on morphology of carbon aerogel derived from polybenzoxazine

239th National Meeting (2010)

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