Lg Chem, Ltd

Lg Electronics Inc.

Kyoung Shil Oh

Je Kyun Lee

Mi Ri Kim

Ye Hon Kim

Sung Min Yu

Se Won Baek

Jin Hee Oh

Tae Gyeong Kang

Yeong Rae Chang

Dong Hyun Cho

Young Hun Kim

Hee Jung Choi

Jong Hun Kim

Kyung Hyun Kim

Sang Woo Park

Young Sam Kim

Yong Jin Kim

Yong Seog Jeon

Hyun Woo Jeon

Jae Hoon Choi

Kyu Reon Lee

Myung Eun Oh

Hye Kyung Han

Bo Hee Park

Mi Kyoung Jin

Taegyeong Kang

Eun Yeong Jin

Byoung Wook Han

Dong Sik Bae

Ja Pil Koo

Chang Song Lee

Kyung Inn Kim

Min Hwa Shin

Joong Nyon Kim

Jeong Hun Son

An aerogel composite has excellent thermal stability even when exposed to a high-temperature environment, thereby being capable of maintaining high heat insulation.

Aerogel composite

An aerogel composite has excellent thermal stability and flame retardancy even when exposed to a high-temperature environment for a long period of time.

Provided is a hydrophobic silica aerogel blanket comprising holes, so that the diffusion of a surface modifier is facilitated in a blanket during a surface modification process to improve the efficiency of surface modification. Accordingly, the hydrophobic silica aerogel has not only excellent physical properties such as specific surface area and thermal conductivity, but also a controlled degree of hydrophobicity, and thus, can have high hydrophobicity.

Hydrophobic silica aerogel blanket and method for preparing same

An aerogel composite maintains an excellent level of heat insulation even when compressed and deformed. The aerogel composite can be included in batteries, electronic devices, automobiles, industrial equipment, structures, or the like, as a heat insulation material.

An aerogel composite maintains an excellent level of heat insulation properties even when compressed and deformed by being applied with a pressure due to various causes. when applied as a heat insulation material for batteries, electronic devices, automobiles, industrial equipment, structures, or the like.

An aerogel composite having an excellent level of thermal insulation even when compressed and deformed under application of pressure resulting from various causes is provided. The aerogel composite can be used as a thermal insulation material for batteries, electronic devices, automobiles, industrial equipment, structures, or the like.

Provided is a method for recycling supercritical waste liquid and a method for producing a silica aerogel blanket capable of reducing the production costs and preventing the deterioration in thermal insulation performance of a silica aerogel blanket, the method including adding sulfuric acid to supercritical waste liquid to remove ammonium ions in the form of ammonium sulfate salt, the ammonium ions which are present in the supercritical waste liquid, and reusing supercritical waste liquid from which the ammonium ions are removed.

Method for recycling supercritical waste liquid generated during process of producing silica aerogel blanket

Provided is a supercritical drying method of a silica wet gel blanket and a method for producing a silica aerogel blanket including the same, the supercritical drying method preventing a salt from being accumulated inside equipment during supercritical drying. By preventing a salt from being accumulated inside equipment during supercritical drying, it is possible to improve the operational stability of the supercritical drying process. In addition, since only a line filter needs to be separated and is easily washed, the time required for washing and the total amount of ammonia wastewater generated therefrom can be reduced, thereby improving efficiency and reducing costs.

Supercritical drying method for silica wet gel blanket

A method for synthesizing a pre-hydrolyzed polysilicate, wherein a polysilicate is applied as a reactant when synthesizing the pre-hydrolyzed polysilicate, and the total amount of water added in the reaction system is specified. The method is capable of omitting a condensation reaction by applying a polysilicate as a reactant, thereby significantly shortening synthesis time and reducing production costs when compared with a typical synthesis method in which alkoxysilane-based monomer compound is used as a reactant. In addition, the gelation reaction time and the weight average molecular weight can be easily controlled, and a pre-hydrolyzed polysilicate excellent in storage stability and processability can be synthesized.

Method for synthesizing pre-hydrolyzed polysilicate

Provided is a method for producing a silica aerogel blanket, the method comprising recovering and reusing a supercritical waste liquid generated after a supercritical drying process. Without putting in additional equipment investments or energy, supercritical waste liquid recovered after a supercritical drying process can be reused by lowering the content of ammonium ions (NH) present therein through a simple adjustment of the conditions for the supercritical drying process. Thus, it is possible to produce a silica aerogel blanket while reducing the production costs thereof and preventing the deterioration of thermal insulation performance of the silica aerogel blanket.

Method for producing silica aerogel blanket by reusing supercritical waste liquid

An apparatus for manufacturing an aerogel sheet including: a supply roller around which a blanket is wound to form a roll; a conveyor belt transferring the blanket wound around the supply roller from one side to the other side thereof; a silica sol supply member injecting the silica sol to a surface of the blanket disposed on the conveyor belt to impregnate the blanket with silica sol; a catalyst supply member injecting a gelling catalyst to the surface of the blanket impregnated with silica sol to gelate the silica sol; a collection roller winding the blanket, which is transferred up to the other side by the conveyor belt, in the form of a roll; and a reaction vessel which accommodates the roll-shaped blanket collected by the collection roller and in which the accommodated blanket is aged, modified by injecting a coating solution, or dried at a high temperature.

Method and apparatus for manufacturing aerogel sheet

Provided is a method for producing a silica aerogel blanket having high thermal insulation and high strength, wherein an acicular metal-silica composite is added to a step of preparing a silica precursor solution during the production of the silica aerogel blanket to produce a silica aerogel blanket having characteristics of high thermal insulation, high strength, high thermal resistance and low dust.

Method for producing silica aerogel blanket having high thermal insulation and high strength

Provided is a supercritical drying method for a silica wet gel blanket, and a method for producing a silica aerogel blanket including the same, the supercritical drying method being capable of improving drying efficiency. The supercritical drying method improves the efficiency of a supercritical drying step by reducing carbon dioxide usage without additional equipment investment and energy input, thereby drying a silica wet gel blanket in a more economical manner.

Provided is a composite thermal insulation sheet including an aerogel and a method for manufacturing the same. The methods yield an ultra-thin aerogel composite sheet having characteristics of low dust, high strength and high thermal insulation, thereby having an increased applicability thereof to an electronic device.

Composite thermal insulation sheet including aerogel

The present invention relates to a method for producing an aerogel blanket exhibiting excellent hydrophobicity at high temperatures and an aerogel blanket produced thereby. The present invention uses a mixture of silica sol and a hydrophobic aerogel powder as an aerogel precursor and thus can achieve hydrophobicity in the internal structure as well as on the surface of the aerogel included in the aerogel blanket. Accordingly, the aerogel blanket can attain high hydrophobicity and thus can exhibit excellent hydrophobicity retention ability even in high-temperature applications.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Kyoung Shil Oh