The invention provides a phase-change composite
aerogel and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises the steps of: mixing a
silicon source 1 and a
silicon source 2 and then dissolving the mixture in an
aqueous solution of ethyl
alcohol, performing mechanical stirring at
room temperature till uniform mixing, then adding an acid catalyst into dispersion liquid, and adjusting the pH of the dispersion liquid to be 1-3, thus obtaining a
silicon dioxide
sol; adding a basic catalyst into the
silicon dioxide sol prepared in the step 1, adjusting the pH value of the
silicon dioxide sol to 7-10, adding phase-change microcapsules and fibers into the sol, performing mechanical stirring at
room temperature until the materials are uniformly mixed, pouring the mixed sol into a mold,conducting standing to obtain wet gel, removing the wet gel from the mold, performing soaking in an
anhydrous ethanol solution, performing aging for 10-40h, and finally conducting
drying at 25-65DEGC for 20-30h to obtain the phase-change composite
aerogel. The phase-change microcapsules are loaded in the
silicon dioxide aerogel, and the nanofibers with good heat-conducting property are added toenhance the heat-conducting property of the aerogel skeleton, so that the phase-change microcapsules and the silicon dioxide aerogel are optimized.