The invention discloses a preparation method of
rare earth doped
silicon dioxide
aerogel, and belongs to
aerogel preparation. The preparation method comprises the following steps: sequentially adding tetraethoxysilane,
ethanol and water into a container according to a ratio, mechanically stirring, adding
hydrochloric acid, stirring again, sealing, standing, and carrying out a sufficient
hydrolysis reaction to obtain SiO2
sol; dissolving Y (NO3) 3.4 H2O
powder in water, carrying out heating reaction, cooling to
room temperature to obtain a Y (NO3) 3 solution, dropwise adding the Y (NO3) 3 solution into the SiO2
sol, and uniformly stirring; dropwise adding
ammonia water, and standing to obtain Y-SiO2 gel; and sealing, standing and aging, and then carrying out
supercritical drying to obtain the blocky Y-SiO2
aerogel. The
rare earth elements are doped into the
silicon dioxide aerogel, so that the use temperature of the
silicon dioxide aerogel is increased, the heat
conductivity coefficient of the aerogel is reduced, and the obtained aerogel is low in density, high in specific surface area and good in heat insulation performance. The method is simple in process, high in production efficiency, low in
equipment requirement and beneficial to large-scale production, and the problem that
rare earth elements are non-uniformly dispersed in a
silicon dioxide matrix is solved.