Established in 2015, the IBIH Hebei R&D Center is located within the company’s Hebei production base and is dedicated to the research and development of industrialized aerogel manufacturing technologies. The center focuses on both fundamental research and applied engineering in aerogel materials, actively exploring processes from lab-scale experiments to pilot and full-scale production.

The center currently occupies over 3,500 square meters of dedicated R&D space. Its team consists of more than 30 professionals, with over 40% holding master’s or doctoral degrees. The team brings extensive expertise and experience across materials science, process engineering, and product innovation.

Advanced Facilities

The center is equipped with dozens of cutting-edge experimental and testing instruments, such as:

Ethanol supercritical drying systems

CO₂ supercritical drying systems

Freeze dryers

Universal testing machines

Thermal runaway insulation test devices for battery simulation

Gas chromatographs

Thermal conductivity analyzers (high/low-temperature)

Research Achievements

Significant breakthroughs have been made in 10+ aerogel research fields, including:

Silica-based aerogels

Low-cost aerogels

Ultra-high-temperature-resistant aerogels

Polyamide aerogels

Cellulose aerogels

Carbon aerogels

Key outcomes:

Multiple technologies have been transferred to large-scale production.

Demonstrated competitive advantages in performance, quality, and cost.

Several technologies rank among global leading standards

Collaborative Network

Leveraging domestic and international resources, the center maintains close collaborations with prestigious institutions, such as:

Tsinghua University

Tongji University

Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology)