Multifunctional porous SiC nanowire scaffolds

Chen, Yu; Ola, Oluwafunmilola; Liu, Guangsheng; Han, Lei; Hussain, Mian Zahid; Thummavichai, Kunyapat; Wen, Jiahao; Zhang, Linyi; Wang, Nannan; Xia, Yongde; Zhu, Yanqiu

Abstract

Porous SiC nanowire (SiCNW) ceramics have great potentials for engineering applications. We herein report the fabrication of 3D SiCNW scaffolds with tuneable microstructures, densities, and therefore properties, by regulating the solid loading content in the reticulated melamine foam (MF) template and finalizing with a modified carbothermal reaction. We first demonstrate the resulting samples exhibiting high strength (modulus up to ∼167.3 kPa), good recoverability (11% residual strain and 72% maximum stress after 100 compressive cycles at a ε = 20%), low thermal conductivity of 32-54 mW m-1 K-1 at room temperature, and good fire retardance performance. We further show that these unique and tuneable SiCNW scaffolds could act as efficient organic solvent/oil absorbent, as excellent support for MOF-derived TiO2-C catalyst to achieve enhanced photocatalytic performance, and as competent electromechanical strain sensors. These multifunctionalities could find niche applications in energy and environment devices.

Citation

Chen, Y., Ola, O., Liu, G., Han, L., Hussain, M. Z., Thummavichai, K., Wen, J., Zhang, L., Wang, N., Xia, Y., & Zhu, Y. (2021). Multifunctional porous SiC nanowire scaffolds. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 41(7), 3970-3979. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2021.02.021

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 11, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Feb 18, 2021
• Publication Date: 2021-07
• Deposit Date: Feb 24, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 25, 2021
• Journal: Journal of the European Ceramic Society
• Print ISSN: 0955-2219
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 41
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 3970-3979
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2021.02.021
• Keywords: Materials Chemistry; Ceramics and Composites
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/5348311
• Publisher URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955221921001047