Energetic Performance of Optically Activated Aluminum/Graphene Oxide Composites

Jiang, Yue; Deng, Sili; Hong, Sungwook; Zhao, Jiheng; Huang, Sidi; Wu, Chi-Chin; Gottfried, Jennifer L.; Nomura, Ken-ichi; Li, Ying; Tiwari, Subodh; Kalia, Rajiv K.; Vashishta, Priya; Nakano, Aiichiro; Zheng, Xiaolin

doi:10.1021/acsnano.8b06217

Title: Energetic Performance of Optically Activated Aluminum/Graphene Oxide Composites

Journal Article · Mon Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · ACS Nano

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b06217· OSTI ID:1484206

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Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Collaboratory for Advanced Computing and Simulations, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Dept. of Computer Science, Dept. of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, and Dept. of Biological Sciences
Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Army Research Lab., Aberdeen, MD (United States). Weapons and Materials Research Directorate
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Optical ignition of solid energetic materials, which can rapidly release heat, gas, and thrust, is still challenging due to the limited light absorption and high ignition energy of typical energetic materials ( e.g., aluminum, Al). Here, we demonstrated that the optical ignition and combustion properties of micron-sized Al particles were greatly enhanced by adding only 20 wt % of graphene oxide (GO). These enhancements are attributed to the optically activated disproportionation and oxidation reactions of GO, which release heat to initiate the oxidization of Al by air and generate gaseous products to reduce the agglomeration of the composites and promote the pressure rise during combustion. More importantly, compared to conventional additives such as metal oxides nanoparticles ( e.g., WO₃ and Bi₂O₃), GO has much lower density and therefore could improve energetic properties without sacrificing Al content. Finally, the results from Xe flash ignition and laser-based excitation experiments demonstrate that GO is an efficient additive to improve the energetic performance of micron-sized Al particles, enabling micron-sized Al to be ignited by optical activation and promoting the combustion of Al in air.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1484206

Journal Information:: ACS Nano, Vol. 12, Issue 11; ISSN 1936-0851

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