Volume 140, Issue 5 e53397
RESEARCH ARTICLE

A void surface flame retardant strategy for polymeric polyHIPEs

Chen Zhang

Chen Zhang

Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

Contribution: Data curation (lead), Formal analysis (lead), ​Investigation (lead), Methodology (lead), Writing - original draft (lead)

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Ruiyun Cai

Ruiyun Cai

Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

Contribution: Formal analysis (supporting), ​Investigation (supporting), Methodology (equal)

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Chuanbang Xu

Chuanbang Xu

Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

Contribution: Data curation (supporting), ​Investigation (supporting), Software (equal)

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Hongwei Xia

Hongwei Xia

Wuxi New Hongtai Electric Technology Co., Ltd., Wuxi, China

Contribution: Project administration (supporting), Writing - review & editing (supporting)

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Yun Zhu

Corresponding Author

Yun Zhu

Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

Correspondence

Shengmiao Zhang and Yun Zhu, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.

Email: [email protected] and [email protected]

Contribution: Writing - review & editing (lead), Supervision (lead)

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Shengmiao Zhang

Corresponding Author

Shengmiao Zhang

Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

Wuxi New Hongtai Electric Technology Co., Ltd., Wuxi, China

Correspondence

Shengmiao Zhang and Yun Zhu, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.

Email: [email protected] and [email protected]

Contribution: Conceptualization (lead), Funding acquisition (lead), ​Investigation (supporting), Methodology (lead), Project administration (lead), Supervision (lead), Writing - review & editing (lead)

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First published: 15 November 2022
Citations: 1

Funding information: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant/Award Number: 51773059; Postdoctoral Research Foundation of China, Grant/Award Number: 2020M681734

Abstract

Effective flame retardant strategy for open-cell foam (e.g., polyHIPE) remains of a great challenge. Herein, a void surface flame retardant strategy for polyHIPE was presented. An open-cell polystyrene (PS) polyHIPE was fabricated through an emulsion-templating technique. Polyphosphazene (PSZ), a highly efficient flame retardant polymer, was then in situ fabricated and covalently attached to the void surface of the foam to be a uniform flame retardant protective layer, while the open-cell structure of the foam was perfectly preserved. Compared with the pristine PS polyHIPE, the PSZ modified one had significantly improved thermal stability (char residues yield at 800°C increased from 3.36 to 16.53 wt%) and mechanical properties (Young's modulus increased by 2.6 times); the values of average heat release rate and total heat release of combustion were reduced by 62.36% and 41.57%, respectively. While, the value of limiting oxygen index was increased from 17.39% to 19.75%, owing to the combined action of condensed phase flame retardant and gas phase flame retardant. These results indicate that the in situ surface modification strategy is effective for improving the flame retardancy of highly interconnected polymer foams.

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