Facile Adjusting for Cells of Lightweight Isocyanate-based Polyimide Foam and Operable Combination between Different Distinctive Acoustic Foams for Higher Performance

New ambient sound absorption material,lightweight isocyanate-based polyimide foam(IBPIF),was fabricated by operable combination between different distinctive acoustic IBPIF.Cellular structure of IBPIF was facilely and obviously adjusted by increased slurry temperature corresponding to change in distinctive acoustic properties.Moreover,density of all IBPIF kept at only 12-17 kg/m3.With increasing slurry temperature from 0℃to 40℃,cell size and window opening rate gradually increased from 553μm to 791μm and from 6.85%to 58.46%,respectively.In this study,IBPIF generated by slurries at 0℃(marked as PIF-2)and 40℃(marked as PIF-6)showed best and distinctive acoustic behavior in 315-800 Hz and 800-6300 Hz regions,respectively.After acoustic behavior study of combined IBPIF prepared by stitching combination between two distinctive acoustic IBPIFs,results showed that only when PIF-6 sheet used as sound receiving surface even though with thickness of only 10 mm could the combined IBPIF possess the best acoustic level in 800-6300 Hz region as PIF-6.Furtherly,acoustic behavior in 315-800 Hz region could be significantly enhanced by increasing thickness of PIF-2 and could reach or close to the best acoustic level.

High-performance porous carbon foams via catalytic pyrolysis of modified isocyanate-based polyimide foams for electromagnetic shielding

Porous carbon skeletons(PCSs)derived from isocyanate-based aromatic polyimide foams(PIFs)by high-temperature pyrolysis are very promising in the fabrication of high-performance polymer composite foams for electromagnetic interference(EMI)shielding due to their efficient conductive networks and facile preparation process.However,severe volumetric shrinkage and low graphitization degree is not conducive to enhancing the shielding efficiency of the PCSs.Herein,ferric acetylacetonate and carbon-nanotube coating have been introduced in isocyanate-based PIFs to greatly suppress the serious shrinkage during pyrolysis and improve the graphitization degree of the final carbon foams through the Fe-catalytic graphitization process,thereby endowing them with better EMI-shielding performance even at lower pyrolysis temperature compared to the control samples.Moreover,compressible polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS)composite foams with the as-prepared carbon foams as prefabricated PCSs have also been fabricated,which could provide not only stable shielding effectiveness(SE)performance even after a thousand compressions,but also multiple functions of Joule heating,thermal insulation and infrared stealth.This study offers a feasible route to prepare high-performance PCSs in a more energy-efficient manner via PIF pyrolysis,which is very promising in the manufacture of multifunctional conductive polymer composite foams.