The invention relates to a preparation method of a
boron-modified phenolic
aerogel. The method comprises the following steps of: dissolving linear phenolic resin, tributyl borate and other organic boric acids in an
ethanol solution, adding a cross-linking agent
hexamethylenetetramine, carrying out an initial low-
viscosity sol-gel process to obtain a
boron composite phenolic wet gel, and carrying out normal-pressure
drying to obtain the
boron modified phenolic
aerogel. And tributyl borate and other organic boron sources can be uniformly mixed in the solution, so that the
viscosity of the systemis unchanged or slowly rises, thereby effectively ensuring the stability of the glue injection process. In addition, boron particles form
boron oxide in the
ablation application process, and the
boron oxide permeates into gaps of the phenolic
aerogel to fill the gaps of the phenolic aerogel and melt and coat a phenolic matrix. The prepared boron-modified phenolic aerogel has the advantages of good specific surface area,
oxidation resistance, low heat
conductivity coefficient and density, good processability and the like, can maintain the original shape and performance at high temperature, andis expected to be applied to the field of external
thermal protection of high-speed aircrafts.