Lightweight quasi-layered elastic fibrous porous ceramics with high compressive stress and low thermal conductivity

Fibrous porous ceramics are attractive for use as thermal insulation materials.However,the intrinsic brit-tleness of rigid materials has remained challenging and severely restricts their applications.Here,we demonstrated a facile method for fabricating elastic fibrous porous ceramics(EFPCs)with high com-pressive strength and low thermal conductivity through ordinary press filtration and subsequent heat treatment.The quasi-layered structure and the well-bonded bridging fibers between layers are the key points for the elasticity of EFPCs.The advanced EFPCs exhibited low density(∼0.126 g cm^(−3)),high com-pressive stress(∼0.356 MPa),and low thermal conductivity(∼0.026 W m^(−1) K^(−1)).Compared with rigid porous fibrous materials,the EFPCs had deformability and excellent shape recovery.In contrast to flexible materials,the EFPCs possessed high compressive stress,thus endowing them with good resistance to de-formation.The emergence of this fascinating material may provide new insights for candidate materials in thermal insulation and other fields.