Thermal analysis of the exothermic reaction between galvanic porous silicon and sodium perchlorate.

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA.

Published: November 2010

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Porous silicon (PS) films up to ∼150 μm thick with specific surface area similar to 700 m(2)/g and pore diameters similar to 3 nm are fabricated using a galvanic corrosion etching mechanism that does not require a power supply. After fabrication, the pores are impregnated with the strong oxidizer sodium perchlorate (NaClO(4)) to create a composite that constitutes a highly energetic system capable of explosion. Using bomb calorimetry, the heat of reaction is determined to be 9.9 ± 1.8 and 27.3 ± 3.2 kJ/g of PS when ignited under N(2) and O(2), respectively. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) reveals that the energy output is dependent on the hydrogen termination of the PS.

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