The invention discloses a method for preparing SiO2-Al2O3 composite
aerogel from
fly ash, and belongs to the field of mesoporous materials. The preparation method comprises the following steps: uniformly mixing
fly ash, used as a
raw material, with
sodium hydroxide, calcining the obtained mixture in a
muffle furnace for a certain time to obtain an alkali fusion mixture, mixing and stirring the alkali fusion mixture and a
hydrochloric acid solution, and carrying out
solid-liquid separation to obtain a
liquid phase containing
silicon and aluminum; dropwise adding
ammonia water into the
liquid phase containing
silicon and aluminum at normal temperature under a continuous stirring condition to promote a gel reaction of the
liquid phase in order to obtain a wet gel; and
ageing the wet gel, washing the aged wet gel with deionized water, and carrying out
solvent replacement and normal-pressure
drying to obtain the SiO2-Al2O3 composite
aerogel. The whole technological process has the advantages of realization of high-added-value utilization of
solid waste
fly ash, low cost, short process, and realization of the whole preparation period of only 3 days; the specific surface area of the synthesized SiO2-Al2O3 composite
aerogel is about 900 m <2> / g; and after the composite aerogel is calcined at 900 DEG C for 2 h, the amorphous structure is still maintained, and the good thermal stabilityis achieved.