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- Title
Multichanneled hierarchical porous nanocomposite CuO/carbonized butterfly wing and its excellent catalytic performance for thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate.
- Authors
Zhou, Tingting; Qi, Xiufang; Ma, Yongjun; Pei, Chonghua; Duan, Xiaohui; Wu, Bo
- Abstract
To meet the requirement of generating more apparent specific heat release at lower temperatures for ammonium perchlorate (AP)‐based composite solid propellants, the development of high‐performance catalysts for improving the thermal decomposition properties of AP still remains essential and challenging. Herein, a novel catalyst, multichanneled hierarchical porous nanocomposite of CuO and carbonized butterfly wing (CuO/CBW), has been prepared through an in‐situ reaction on original butterfly wing scales. Owing to the high active surface area and the good electrical and thermal conductivity, as well as the synergistic effect of CuO nanoparticles (20–25 nm) and CBW, CuO/CBW nanocomposite exhibits excellent catalytic activity for AP thermal decomposition in reducing the high‐temperature decomposition temperature by 88.3°C, lowering the apparent activation energy from 190.0 to 103.1 kJ mol−1 and increasing the heat release from 255 to 1841 J g−1.
- Subjects
PROPELLANTS; AMMONIUM perchlorate; SOLID propellants; BUTTERFLIES; THERMAL conductivity; NANOCOMPOSITE materials; SPECIFIC heat
- Publication
Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 2020, Vol 34, Issue 8, p1
- ISSN
0268-2605
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/aoc.5730