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US 12,428,352 · App. 18/909,438 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Aerogel composite

Inventors: Taegyeong Kang (Daejeon, KR); Gyoeun Gu (Daejeon, KR); Kyoungshil Oh (Daejeon, KR); Hye Jin Kim (Daejeon, KR); Moo Kwang Shin (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
C04B35/82C04B35/624C04B38/0045C04B2235/3418C04B2235/5232C04B2235/77C04B2235/9607
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Patent No.
US 12,428,352
App. No.
18/909,438
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an aerogel composite having excellent insulation even when exposed to a high-temperature environment. An aerogel composite comprising: a fiber substrate; and aerogel including one or more pores, wherein a surface resistance at room temperature (23±2° C.) of the aerogel composite is 1×10 12 Ω/sq to 1×10 16 Ω/sq; a surface resistance measured after heating the aerogel composite at a temperature of 200° C. for 1 hour is 1×10 12 Ω/sq to 1×10 16 Ω/sq; and the aerogel composite has R 200 , which is a real number of 0 to 4, in Equation 1 below: R 200 =log 10 {(Surface resistance of aerogel composite after heating at 200° C. for 1 hour)/(Surface resistance of aerogel composite before heating)}[Equation 1].

Claims (33)

1. An aerogel composite comprising:

a fiber substrate; and

aerogel including one or more pores,

wherein:

a surface resistance at room temperature (23±2° C.) of the aerogel composite is 1×10 12 Ω/sq to 1×10 16 Ω/sq;

a surface resistance measured after heating the aerogel composite at a temperature of 200° C. for 1 hour is 1×10 12 Ω/sq to 1×10 16 Ω/sq; and

the aerogel composite has R 200 , which is a real number of 0 to 4, in Equation 1 below:

R 200 =log 10 {(Surface resistance of aerogel composite after heating at 200° C. for 1 hour)/(Surface resistance of aerogel composite before heating)}  [Equation 1].

2. The aerogel composite of claim 1 , wherein a volume resistance at room temperature (23±2° C.) of the aerogel composite is 1×10 12 Ω/sq to 1×10 16 Ω/sq.

3. The aerogel composite of claim 1 , wherein a dielectric breakdown strength at room temperature (23±2° C.) of the aerogel composite is 3 kV/mm to 30 kV/mm.

4. The aerogel composite of claim 1 , wherein the aerogel composite has R 400 , which is a real number of −1.3 to 0, in Equation 2 below:

R 400 =log 10 {(Surface resistance of aerogel composite after heating at 400° C. for 1 hour)/(Surface resistance of aerogel composite before heating)}  [Equation 2].

5. The aerogel composite of claim 1 , wherein the surface resistance measured after heating the aerogel composite at a temperature of 400° C. for 1 hour is 1×10 11 Ω/sq to 1×10 15 Ω/sq.

6. The aerogel composite of claim 1 , wherein the aerogel composite has R 600 , which is a real number of −2.6 to 0, in Equation 3 below:

R 600 =log 10 {(Surface resistance of aerogel composite after heating at 600° C.)/(Surface resistance of aerogel composite before heating)}  [Equation 3].

7. The aerogel composite of claim 1 , wherein the surface resistance measured after heating the aerogel composite at a temperature of 600° C. for 1 hour is 1×10 10 Ω/sq to 1×10 14 Ω/sq.

8. The aerogel composite of claim 1 , wherein the aerogel composite has R 600/400, which is a real number of −1.8 to 1, in Equation 4 below:

R 600/400 =log 10 {(Surface resistance of aerogel composite after heating at 600° C.)/(Surface resistance of aerogel composite after heating at 400° C.)}  [Equation 4].

9. The aerogel composite of claim 1 , wherein the aerogel composite has a moisture impregnation rate (wt %) of 4 wt % or less, which is represented by Equation 5 below:

Moisture impregnation rate (wt %) {(Weight of specimen after impregnation−Weight of specimen before impregnation)/(Weight of specimen before impregnation)}×100  [Equation 5]

wherein in Equation 5 above, a weight of a specimen after impregnation means a weight measured after impregnating an aerogel composite specimen in distilled water at 21±2° C. for 15 minutes.

10. The aerogel composite of claim 1 , wherein in the aerogel composite, the fiber substrate and the aerogel are included in a weight ratio of 1:0.35 to 2.

11. The aerogel composite of claim 1 , wherein a volume ratio of the aerogel including pores and voids between discrete fibers per unit volume of the aerogel composite is 85% to 98%.

12. The aerogel composite of claim 1 , wherein a volume ratio of the fibers per unit volume of the aerogel composite is 2% to 15%.

13. The aerogel composite of claim 1 , wherein a volume ratio of the aerogel including pores and voids between discrete fibers per unit volume of the aerogel composite after heating the aerogel composite at a temperature of 200° C. for 1 hour is 0.8 times to 1.5 times the volume ratio of the aerogel including pores and voids between discrete fibers per unit volume of the aerogel composite before the heating.

14. The aerogel composite of claim 1 , wherein the aerogel is silica aerogel.

15. The aerogel composite of claim 1 , wherein the fiber substrate is a glass fiber substrate.

16. The aerogel composite of claim 1 , wherein a density of the aerogel composite is 0.05 g/cm 3 to 0.30 g/cm 3 .

17. A heat insulation member comprising:

an aerogel composite of claim 1 ; and

a support member positioned on at least one surface of both surfaces of the aerogel composite.

18. The heat insulation member of claim 17 , wherein the surface resistance at room temperature (23±2° C.) of the heat insulation member is 1×10 12 Ω/sq to 1×10 15 Ω/sq, and the volume resistance thereof is 1×10 12 Ωcm to 1×10 16 Ωcm.

19. The heat insulation member of claim 17 , wherein the dielectric breakdown strength at room temperature (23±2° C.) of the heat insulation member is 3 kV/mm to 30 kV/mm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2024
From: KANG, TAEGYEONG; GU, GYOEUN; OH, KYOUNGSHIL; KIM, HYE JIN; SHIN, MOO KWANG
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2024-0042131 · Mar 27, 2024 · national
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