Photochemistry within Compressed Sodium Azide

Holtgrewe, Nicholas; Lobanov, Sergey S.; Mahmood, Mohammad F.; Goncharov, Alexander F.

doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b09103

Photochemistry within Compressed Sodium Azide

Journal Article · Mon Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Journal of Physical Chemistry. C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b09103· OSTI ID:1355037

^[1]; Lobanov, Sergey S. ^[2]; Mahmood, Mohammad F. ^[1]; Goncharov, Alexander F. ^[3]

Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Washington, DC (United States); Howard Univ., Washington, D.C. (United States)
Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Washington, DC (United States); Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk (Russia)
Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Washington, DC (United States)

Synthesis of high nitrogen containing materials has been the subject of research interest for use as alternative clean sources of fuel and explosives. Here we present experimental evidence for the photochemical synthesis of new energetic materials from sodium azide (NaN₃) at 4.8–8.1 GPa. We show that excitation into the conduction band generates color centers within the compressed α-NaN₃ phase lattice with minimal or no molecular N₂ evolution. Photochemical changes to the sample were monitored by X-ray diffraction (XRD), infrared (IR) absorption, and Raman spectroscopy. Furthermore, these high pressure products were found to be stable upon decompression at 300 K down to 1.6 GPa, although it is suspected that the material can be recoverable to ambient pressure with cold decompression.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Natural Science Foundation of China; National Science Foundation; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; FG02-94ER14466

OSTI ID:: 1355037

Journal Information:: Journal of Physical Chemistry. C, Journal Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry. C Journal Issue: 49 Vol. 120; ISSN 1932-7447

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: ENGLISH

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