Aerogel, a new star in the nanomaterials world, is the lightest solid known to mankind. Due to its high specific surface area, nano-scale pores, low density and other special microstructures, its application prospects are very broad.
The invisible champion enterprise in China's aerogel field: SZZN Advanced Materials Technology Corporation has just rolled off the line. The tested "aerogel" slurry and aerogel insulation felt have been packaged. Ready to ship to customers all over the world.
SZZN's GM Wang Tiantian told the Hay Think team that aerogel powder, aerogel slurry, as well as aerogel interlayer and fabric are all popular products this year. At present, some product orders have been scheduled to next year, and the growth rate of sales revenue and output value is above 100%.
As the earliest new material used in the aerospace field, aerogel has many magical properties. For the future application space, it is difficult to accurately predict its development prospects. It has to rely on the imagination of society and industry to make this nanometer new The material goes out of the laboratory and realizes its application value.
Six years ago, SZZN pioneered the world's first aerogel-free chlorine-free atmospheric drying preparation technology, successfully applied for more than 80 domestic and foreign technical patents, and applied the finished products to the field of oil and gas pipeline insulation.
Holding a piece of aerogel composite fiberglass mat product, SZZN R&D CTO Peng Zhanjun showed the Hay Think team its excellent thermal insulation: when a flame of more than 1,200 degrees burns on the material, there will be no smoke on it. Yes, there is no igniting sprout, and there is no feeling when I touch it with my hand. He said, "Such performance is very rare in new materials."
In the industrial field, power storage, petrochemical and other industries require high-efficiency insulation materials for pipe insulation or kiln insulation, and nanoporous aerogel composite insulation materials are the first choice.
In the field of construction, building wall insulation, roof and floor insulation, and the application of aerogel glass on glass curtain walls.
In the field of transportation, nanoporous aerogel composite thermal insulation materials have been applied to high-speed trains, domestic C919 passenger planes, and new energy vehicles. The main focus of application is the thermal insulation of transportation vehicles and the protection of lithium batteries for new energy vehicles.
In the field of household insulation and cold chain logistics, nanoporous aerogel composite thermal insulation materials replace traditional materials and are used as thermal insulation layers to greatly improve the thermal insulation effect and increase the internal volume.
What is the market outlook for aerogels?
With the efforts of the team, SZZN solved the problems of aerogel being easy to fall off and fragile, and took the lead in realizing continuous and large-scale aerogel generation. With the continuous optimization of the preparation process, enhanced process adaptability, and significant cost reduction, the related industrialization achievements are moving from industrial products to the development of civilian products on a large scale. They have been widely used in new energy vehicles, rail transit, home improvement and building materials and other fields, becoming China The only source of purchase for oversized orders.