In Situ MOF-74-Pyrolysis-Generated Porous Carbon Supporting Spinel CuCoO/C Boosts Ammonium Perchlorate Accelerating Decomposition: Precise Cu Doping Modulating Oxygen Vacancy Concentration.

As one of the main components of solid propellant, ammonium perchlorate (AP) shows slow sluggish decomposition kinetics with unconcentrated heat release. To achieve efficient catalytical decomposition, it is a significant challenge to design reasonable catalyst structure and explore the interaction between catalyst and AP. Herein, a series of porous carbon supported spinel-typed homogeneous heterometallic composites CuCoO/C via pyrolysis of MOF-74-Co doped Cu. On basis of precise electronic-structure-tuning through modulating Cu/Co ratio in MOF-74, CuCoO/C with 5% Cu-doping featuring oxygen vacancy concentration of 26.25% exhibits the decrease to 261.5 °C with heat release up to 1222.1 J g (456.9 °C and 669.2 J g for pure AP). The detail process of AP accelerated decomposition is approved by TG-DSC-FTIR-MS technique. Density functional theory calculation revealed that in the CuCoO/C, the distinctive ability for NH catalyzed oxidation assisted with absorption performance of active porous C boosts accelerating AP decomposition. The findings would provide an insight for perceiving and understanding AP catalytic decomposition.