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Improved thermal stability of phenolic resin by graphene-encapsulated nano-SiO2 hybrids

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Phenolic resin (PR) modified with hybrids of reduced graphene oxide (RGO)-encapsulated nano-SiO2 (SiO2–RGO) was prepared by a simple method. The synergistic effect of RGO and nano-SiO2 was achieved in the thermal decomposition of the modified PR. Thermal stability of SiO2–RGO and the modified PR was evaluated by thermogravimetric analysis (TG). With 1 mass% loading of SiO2–RGO, the maximum decomposition temperature (Tdmax) of the modified PR was increased by 32.50 °C and the residual mass at 800 °C was increased by 6.54%. The structure of the resin char was characterized to study the mechanism of ameliorative thermal stability. SiO2–RGO hybrids were conducive to induce the PR to form graphitized carbon in the pyrolysis process. Thus, SiO2–RGO can facilitate the application of PR in the fields of heat insulation and ablation resistance.

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This work is supported by the Foundation for the Youth Science and Technology Innovation of Beijing Composite Materials Co., Ltd., and A Project of Shandong Province Higher Educational Science and Technology Program (Grant No. J14LA05).

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    Juan Chen, Wenbo Zhang & Heyi Ge

  2. Beijing Composite Materials Co., Ltd., Beijing, 102101, People’s Republic of China

    Jing Liu, Moufeng Tian & Jianye Liu

  3. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan, 250000, People’s Republic of China

    Min Jing

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Chen, J., Zhang, W., Liu, J. et al. Improved thermal stability of phenolic resin by graphene-encapsulated nano-SiO2 hybrids. J Therm Anal Calorim 135, 2377–2387 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-018-7325-5

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