The invention discloses warm-keeping
polyimide aerogel and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of
high polymer materials. The preparation method comprises the following steps: 1, synthesizing a
polyamide acid solution; 2, adding amino-containing organic
silicon into the
polyamide acid solution, mixing, and defoaming to form a
spinning solution; step 3, preparing a
nanofiber membrane by electrostatic
spinning of the
spinning solution; 4, crushing the
nanofiber membrane, dispersing the crushed
nanofiber membrane in a
solvent, standing for 24-48 hours, and freeze-
drying to obtain
aerogel; and step 5, carrying out stepped heating thermal imidization treatment to obtain the
polyimide aerogel. Amino-containing organic
silicon is used as a cross-linking agent of
polyamide acid, chemical connection is added for a three-dimensional
network structure of the gel, and the
structural stability of the aerogel is improved. In the thermal imidization process, organic
silicon generates a
silicon oxide and Si-O-Si network through staged
pyrolysis, the
silicon oxide exists in
fiber gaps and forms an organic-inorganic
hybrid interface with PI fibers, and the
structural stability is further improved.