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A solar-energy-derived strained hydrocarbon as an energetic hypergolic fuel†

Lun Pan,‡ab   Ren Feng,‡a   Hao Peng,a   Xiu-tian-feng E,a   Ji-Jun Zou,*ab   Li Wangab  and  Xiangwen Zhangab  

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a Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
E-mail: jj_zou@tju.edu.cn
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b Collaborative Innovative Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300072, China

Abstract

Quadricyclane (QC), synthesized from photoisomerization and commonly used for solar-energy conversion and storage, is found to be an excellent hypergolic fuel. The ignition delay time of QC–N2O4 is 29 ms, which is decreased to 18 ms by addition of boron nanoparticles. Importantly, quadricyclane has 18.9% higher specific impulsion than currently used but dangerous dimethylhydrazine.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA08868A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Aug 2014
Accepted
06 Oct 2014
First published
06 Oct 2014

RSC Adv., 2014,4, 50998-51001

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A solar-energy-derived strained hydrocarbon as an energetic hypergolic fuel

L. Pan, R. Feng, H. Peng, X. E, J. Zou, L. Wang and X. Zhang, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 50998 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA08868A

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