Enhanced Thermal Decomposition Properties of CL-20 through Space

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Enhanced Thermal Decomposition Properties of CL-20 through SpaceConfining in Three-Dimensional Hierarchically Ordered Porous Carbon Jin Chen, Simin He, Bing Huang, Peng Wu, Zhiqiang Qiao, Jun Wang, Liyuan Zhang, Guangcheng Yang, and Hui Huang ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b00287 • Publication Date (Web): 08 Mar 2017 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on March 10, 2017

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Enhanced Thermal Decomposition Properties of CL-

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20 through Space-Confining in Three-Dimensional

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Hierarchically Ordered Porous Carbon

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Jin Chen, Simin He, Bing Huang, Peng Wu, Zhiqiang Qiao, Jun Wang, Liyuan Zhang,

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Guangcheng Yang *, and Hui Huang*

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Institute of Chemical Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900,

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China

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KEYWORDS: CL-20, Thermal decomposition properties, Catalysts, 3D hierarchically ordered

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porous carbon, Nanocomposites

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ABSTRACT: High energy and low signature properties are the future trend of solid propellants

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development. As a new and promising oxidizer, hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (CL-20) is

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expected to replace the conventional oxidizer ammonium perchlorate (AP) to reach above goals.

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However, the high pressure exponent of CL-20 hinders its application in solid propellants so that

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the development of effective catalysts to improve the thermal decomposition properties of CL-20

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still remains challenging. Here, 3D hierarchically ordered porous carbon (3D HOPC) is

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presented as catalyst for the thermal decomposition of CL-20 via synthesizing a series of

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nanostructured CL-20/HOPC composites. In these nanocomposites, CL-20 is homogeneously

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space-confined into 3D HOPC scaffold as nanocrystals of 9.2-26.5 nm in diameter. The effect of

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the pore textural parameters and surface modification of 3D HOPC, as well as CL-20 loading

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amount on the thermal decomposition of CL-20 is discussed. A significant improvement of the

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thermal decomposition properties of CL-20 is achieved with remarkable decrease in

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decomposition peak temperature (from 247.0 to 174.8 °C) and activation energy (from 165.5 to

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115.3 kJ/mol). The exceptional performance of 3D HOPC could be attributed to its well-

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connected 3D hierarchically ordered porous structure, high surface area and the confined CL-20

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nanocrystals. This work clearly demonstrates that 3D HOPC is a superior catalyst for CL-20

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thermal decomposition, and would open new potential for further applications of CL-20 in solid

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propellants.

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INTRODUCTION

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Composite solid propellants (CSPs) are attractive in the applications of propulsion for tactical

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missiles, attitude control systems and pressure generators.1-2 The most widely used oxidizer,

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ammonium perchlorate (AP), for CSPs, now hardly meet the requirements of high energy output

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and low signature properties for solid propellants due to its low heat release (~ 574.2 J/g), high

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signature and corrosive products (such as HCl, Cl2) generated during the thermal decomposition

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process.3-6 It is therefore urgent to find more energetic and environmentally friendly oxidizers for

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the further development of solid propellants.

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Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (CL-20, C6H6N12O12), a three-dimensional caged structure

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polycyclic nitramine (Figure S1), is the highest energy molecular explosive known to date.7 Due

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to its high energy output (1500 ± 300 J/g) and halogen-free molecular structure, CL-20 is likely

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to replace AP to improve the energy and burning rate of solid propellants with minimum

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signature properties. However, the high pressure exponent caused by the high content of

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nitramine explosives, may affect the steady-state combustion process of these propellants, and

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thus, further hinder the application of CL-20 in solid propellants.8-9 It has been reported that the

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addition of efficient catalysts into oxidizers can decrease the thermal decomposition temperature

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so that the burning rate can be enhanced and the pressure exponent of solid propellants is

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reduced as well.10-12 Currently, only few catalysts have been exploited for CL-20 due to its

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complex multi-step decomposition process, such as organometallic salts, nano-metal oxide,

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carbon black, carbon nanotubes, etc.13-15 These catalysts are only with decreasing decomposition

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peak temperature of 2-8 °C and activation energy of 6-12 kJ/mol, and thus, with limited

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performance. The reason lies in that the lower contact area between the catalysts and the larger

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particles of CL-20, or less catalytic active sites leads to insufficient reactions. As a result, one of

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the primary concerns associated with CL-20-based solid propellants is to explore a novel catalyst

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with higher activity for CL-20 thermal decomposition.

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Recently, 3D hierarchically ordered porous carbon (3D HOPC) is attractive for catalyst due to

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their highly ordered porous structure, high surface area, large pore volume, open pore structure,

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as well as good thermal conductivity. Its multiscale (micro/meso/macro) pores and

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interconnected framework not only endow this material with plentiful exposed catalytic active

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sites for the adsorption of reactant during the thermal catalytic process,16-19 but also effect the

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propagation of the diffusion-controlled exothermic reaction via shortened diffusion paths.20 More

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importantly, 3D HOPC can impregnate and confine CL-20 into its porous channels to maintain

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the nanoscale particles during thermal catalytic process.21-25 The nanosized CL-20 presents a

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higher decomposition rate and a lower decomposition temperature compared with those of larger

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size.26-28 The above advantages of 3D HOPC may improve the kinetics of CL-20 thermal

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decomposition at some extents, which is expected to solve the problem existing in the

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development of CL-20-based solid propellants.

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Herein, 3D HOPC is used as a novel catalyst for improving the thermal decomposition

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properties of CL-20 via synthesizing nanostructured CL-20/HOPC composites. The focus is then

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on the thermal catalytic performance of 3D HOPC for CL-20 thermal decomposition. To the best

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of our knowledge, 3D HOPC has never been employed as the catalyst to study the thermal

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decomposition behavior of oxidizers in solid propellants. In this work, the effect of the pore

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textural parameters and surface modification of 3D HOPC, as well as CL-20 loading amount on

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CL-20 thermal decomposition is discussed. For the 3D hierarchical ordered porous structure and

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the confined CL-20, a significant improvement of the thermal decomposition properties of CL-

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20 has been achieved. It can be foreseen that 3D HOPC will be a promising catalyst for CL-20-

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based solid propellants. By taking advantage of 3D HOPC, this concept can be extended to

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explore high-performance carbon-based catalysts for nitramine explosives based solid

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propellants.

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EXPERIMENTAL SECTION

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Materials. Triblock copolymer Pluronic F127 (EO106PO70EO106, Mw=12600) was purchased

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from Sigma-Aldrich. Phenol, formaldehyde (37 wt.%), NaOH, tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS),

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ethanol, aqueous ammonia (28 wt.%), hydrofluoric acid, concentrated nitric acid, hydrogen

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peroxide and acetone were purchased from Sinopharm Chemical Reagent Co. Ltd. CL-20 was

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provided by Institute of Chemical Materials (ICM), China. All chemicals were analytical grade

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and used as received without further purification. Deionized water was used in all experiments.

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The 20 wt.% resol solution in ethanol was prepared by a basic polymerization method.29

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Preparation of 3D HOPC. 3D hierarchically ordered macro-/mesoporous carbon materials

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were prepared through a dual-templating approach with silica colloidal crystals as the template,

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F127 as the structure-directing agents, and resol as the carbon source.29 In brief, firstly,

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monodisperse silica microspheres were prepared by using the Stöber’s method,30 and then after

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sedimentation for few days to form silica colloidal crystals. Secondly, a piece of colloidal crystal

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monolith was immersed in a homogeneous ethanol solution of resol and F127 (mass ratio:

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resol/F127/ethanol = 2:1:10) for 24 h at 25 °C. After the evaporation of ethanol, the composite

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monolith was heated at 70 °C for 4 h to further polymerize resol. Finally, the resulting

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silica/PF/F127 composite was calcined in N2 at 600 °C for 3 h using a heating rate of 3 °C/min to

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decompose F127. And then the silica was removed by treated with HF solution (10 wt.%). After

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washing with water and drying at 60 °C in vacuum, the 3D HOPC with macroporosity and

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mesoporosity was obtained. For comparison, a series of 3D HOPC with different pore textural

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parameters were prepared by using silica colloidal crystals with mean diameters of 180 nm, 305

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nm and 430 nm, and were named C-180, C-305 and C-430, respectively.

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Surface Modification of 3D HOPC. As previously reported, surface oxygen-containing

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groups within carbon scaffolds present obvious effect on the adsorption process of multi-nitro

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compounds,31 therefore C-305 sample was treated with oxidative agents for facile introduction of

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oxygen-containing groups.32 Typically, 100 mg of C-305 sample was treated with mixed solution

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of concentrated nitric acid (10 mL) and H2O2 (3 mL) in a Teflon autoclave by heating at 60 °C

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for 30 min. Then, the resulting sample was washed thoroughly with deionized water until the pH

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was close to 7.0. The obtained product was further dried in vacuum at 80 °C for 24 h and named

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C-305A.

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Preparation of CL-20/HOPC Nanocomposites. The CL-20/HOPC nanocomposites were

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prepared via a solvent evaporation-induced dispersion process.33 For a typical process (Scheme

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1a), an acetone solution (5 mL) of CL-20 (85 mg) was stirred for 5 min at room temperature with

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adding 50 mg of 3D HOPC. After that the mixture was left undisturbed at room temperature for

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about 4 h to evaporate the solvent. The final product was black solid and dried at 60 °C in

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vacuum. For comparison, different loadings could be achieved by controlling the ratio of CL-20

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to 3D HOPC, and the samples were denoted X-1, X-2 and X-3, in which X represented 3D

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HOPC, and the weight percent of CL-20 in nanocomposites determined by TG analysis were

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approximately 30 %, 50 % and 60 %, respectively.

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Characterization and Analysis. The structure and morphology of the as-prepared 3D HOPC

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and nanocomposites were examined by X-ray diffraction (XRD, Bruker D8 Advance with Cu Kα

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radiation), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM, ZEISS SIGMA HD) and

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transmission electron microscopy (TEM, JEOL 2011). Elemental composition analysis was

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performed with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). Nitrogen sorption isotherms were

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measured at 77 K with a Quantachrome NovaWin analyzer after the samples were degassed in a

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vacuum at 100 °C for at least 6 h. The specific surface areas (SBET) was estimated by Brunauer-

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Emmett-Teller (BET) method. The pore volumes and pore size distributions were derived from

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the adsorption branches of isotherms by using the Barret-Joyner-Halenda (BJH) model, and the

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total pore volumes (Vt) were determined from the adsorbed amount at P/P0 of 0.988. Fourier

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transform infrared (FT-IR) spectra were recorded on a Nicolet 6700 Fourier spectrophotometer

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by using KBr pellets of the solid samples. The catalytic activity of 3D HOPC for CL-20 thermal

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decomposition was determined by differential scanning calorimetry-thermogravimetry analyses

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(DSC/TG) using a NETZSCH STA 449C simultaneous thermal analyzer in N2 atmosphere over

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the temperature range of 50-400 °C with heating rate of 2, 5, 10, 20 °C /min.

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Scheme 1. Schematic illustration for (a) the preparation of CL-20/HOPC nanocomposites, and (b)

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the proposed thermal decomposition process of CL-20 inside 3D HOPC scaffold

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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

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FESEM and TEM images (Figure 1a and S2a-c) clearly reveal that the synthesized carbon

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materials exhibit a 3D hierarchical ordered porous structure, arrayed with face cubic centered

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structure of macropores (170-410 nm). All the macropores are well-connected to each other by

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small windows (25-52 nm marked by arrows) caused by the contact area between neighboring

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silica microspheres after the sintering process and are surrounded by numerous spherical

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mesopores. In order to study the influence of surface modification on the CL-20 loading and its

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thermal properties, C-305 sample was treated with HNO3 and H2O2 mixed solution. Although

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some pore walls are slightly etched, the obtained C-305A sample still displays a well-retained

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3D hierarchical ordered porous structure after oxidative treatment (Figure S2c). Notably, C-305

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sample exhibits the highly ordered porous structure and best pore connectivity among the four

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samples. a

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Figure 1. FESEM images of (a) C-305, (b) C-305-1, (c) C-305-2 and (d) C-305-3, the inseted

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TEM images in (a) show the carbon mesostructures. (e) Elemental mapping of C-305-3.

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FT-IR spectra (Figure S3) were utilized to monitor the introduced oxygen-containing groups

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on the surface of the C-305A sample. It was clearly seen that several new bands appear after

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oxidative treatment. First, the weak bands in the region of 1680-1730 cm-1 denote the absorption

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of stretching and bending vibration of -COOH groups, and the absorption around 1180 cm-1 is

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caused by the stretching vibration of C-O bonds.34 Second, the band at 1384 cm-1 can be ascribed

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to carboxyl-carbonate structures.35 Finally, the new bands at 1244 and 1342 cm-1 can be assigned

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to C-O-C vibrations in ether structures or other single bonded oxo group C-O-R.36 These results

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indicate that abundant oxygen-containing groups are created in the carbon framework by the

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High-resolution scanning electron microscope observations (Figure 1b-d and S2d-f) show that

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CL-20 is homogeneously supported on pore walls, and the pores inside the 3D HOPC become

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small and less with the increase of the loading amount. More evident filling effect is observed in

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the C-305A-3 sample (Figure S2f), due to the high concentration of surface oxygen-containing

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groups within C-305A framework which is favor to adsorb the multi-nitro compounds by

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hydrogen bonds.31 It is worth noting that no obvious aggregation of CL-20 is observed outside

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the surface of the scaffolds, confirming the successful confinement of CL-20 into the 3D HOPC

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scaffold at the nanoscale. The mapping image of N element with a continuous distribution

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further evidences the homogeneous dispersion of CL-20 in the carbon framework (Figure 1e).

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High dispersion can result in compact interfacial contact and strong interaction between CL-20

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and the 3D HOPC, which is favored for the thermal catalytic reaction.

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The pore textural parameters of 3D HOPC and confined CL-20 are generally considered to be

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two important factors associated with the thermal catalytic performance of 3D HOPC, which

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have been examined by nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms (Figure 2 and S4). The as-

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prepared 3D HOPC shows typical type IV curves with pronounced H2-type hysteresis loop,

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being the characteristic of mesopores (9.4-14.8 nm). The small amounts of N2 adsorbed at low

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relative pressure region suggest the existence of micropores, and the hysteresis loop tails at the

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region of high relative pressure (P/P0 > 0.95) is ascribed to macropores.37 All the 3D HOPC

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samples possess high BET surface area (574-1061 m2/g) and large pore volume (0.86-1.76 cm3/g)

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(Table S1), implying that they may have high catalytic activity. Particularly, the BET surface

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area and pore volume of C-305A are both lower than those of C-305 after oxidative treatment.

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Loading CL-20 into 3D HOPC was also studied by nitrogen sorption isotherms. With the

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increase of the loading amount of CL-20, the N2 sorption amount and mean pore size of CL-

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20/HOPC nanocomposites obviously decrease (Figure 2). When the loading amount increases to

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60 wt.%, the isotherm shows very weak step in the range of capillary condensation, the BET

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surface area and pore volume also decrease to 65-213 m2/g and 0.23-0.39 cm3/g, respectively

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(Table S1). The results imply that the micropores and mesopores of 3D HOPC are almost fully

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filled by CL-20 nanocrystals. a

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Figure 2. N2 adsorption-desorption isotherms (a) and pore size distributions (b) of C-305 and its

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nanocomposites with CL-20.

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The formation of CL-20 nanocrystals within 3D HOPC was further confirmed by XRD (Figure

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3a). There is no obvious peak in the diffraction pattern of 3D HOPC scaffold, implying its

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amorphous structure. After impregnation, the broadening diffraction peaks are observed for all

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composites, suggesting the formation of CL-20 nanocrystals. The average particle sizes of CL-20

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nanocrystals in the confining environment (calculated from Scherrer equation) are in the range of

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9.2-26.5 nm, much smaller than the previously reported CL-20 nanoparticles.26-28 Note that the

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size of CL-20 nanocrystals is affected by the macropore size of 3D HOPC and the loading

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amount of CL-20 (Figure 3b). As the macropore size or/and the loading amount decrease, the

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size of CL-20 nanocrystals decreases and the decomposition rate increases. Moreover, C-305A-3

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has the largest CL-20 nanocrystals for the adsorption of the high concentration of surface

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oxygen-containing groups. a

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Figure 3. (a) XRD patterns of raw CL-20, 3D HOPC scaffold and CL-20/HOPC nanocomposites.

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(b) The average particle sizes of CL-20 nanocrystals under different loading amount and 3D

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HOPC scaffold.

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According to FESEM, nitrogen sorption and XRD analysis, we can speculate that the loading

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of CL-20 inside 3D HOPC scaffold has undergone the following process (Scheme 1a): CL-20

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acetone solution enters into the carbon scaffold by capillary forces. With the solvent evaporation-

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induced dispersion process, CL-20 can disperse throughout the whole scaffold and form the

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nanocrystals. There is a hydrogen bond interaction between the CL-20 molecule and the surface

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oxygen-containing groups within 3D HOPC scaffold.20 For low CL-20 loading amount,

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nanocrystals will firstly fill in the micropores and mesopores, but still leave a lot of free space for

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mesopores. With the increase of the loading amount of CL-20, the nanocrystals gradually grow

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and almost fill the mesopores, and eventually, have the tendency of outward growth. When the

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loading amount increases to about 60 wt.%, the nanocrystals grow outside of the mesopores and

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a continuous CL-20 thin layer is formed on the surface of macropore walls. Throughout the

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loading process, CL-20 is really confined in 3D HOPC scaffold at the nanometer scale. It is

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obvious that the surface modified 3D HOPC scaffold is favorable for CL-20 loading due to the

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presence of a large number of surface oxygen groups.

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The thermal catalytic activity of 3D HOPC was first examined by DSC/TG at the heating rate

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of 10 °C /min. As shown in Figure 4a and Table 1 for all CL-20/HOPC nanocomposites, the

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decomposition peak temperature decrease by 27.8-72.2 °C compared with that of raw CL-20

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(247 °C), indicating the pronounced thermal catalytic activity of 3D HOPC for CL-20

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decomposition. These values are much better than those of reported catalysts.13-15 For the same

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loading amount, the peak temperatures of CL-20 decomposition shift from 214.3 °C to 201.6 °C

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with the decreasing macropore size of 3D HOPC scaffold from 430 nm to 180 nm. The C-305A-

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3 presents a higher peak temperature, 219.2 °C, than that of the 205.5 °C of C-305-3. The peak

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temperatures are also reduced with decreasing loading amount in the same C-305 scaffold. As

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loading amount decrease from 60 wt.% for C-305-3, to 30 wt.% for C-305-1, the peak

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temperatures fall from 205.5 °C to 174.8 °C. These results suggest that the thermal catalytic

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performance of 3D HOPC are influenced both by their surface area and crystal size of confined

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CL-20, and follow the order of C-305-1 > C-305-2 > C-180-3 > C-305-3 > C-430-3 > C-305A-3.

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The same trend has been observed for their surface area and crystal size of confined CL-20 listed

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in Table S1. It can be explained by the fact that the high surface area can offer abundant catalytic

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sites for accelerating thermal catalytic reactions, and the nanoscaled crystals can make the

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molecules more active to decomposition at lower temperature. The exothermic enthalpies (ΔH)

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of CL-20 decomposition reaction with 3D HOPC are demonstrated in Table 1. A clear trend can

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be observed that ΔH decreases with the participation of 3D HOPC scaffold as compared to raw

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CL-20 (1796.4 J/g), and increases with the increasing CL-20 crystal size, from 469.6 J/g for C-

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305-1, to 1189.2 J/g for C-305A-3. Moreover, the decomposition process of CL-20 with 3D

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HOPC as catalyst had also been studied by TG measurement, as shown in Figure 4b. The weight

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loss of CL-20/HOPC nanocomposites take place below 170 °C, while that of raw CL-20 is about

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220 °C, indicating the apparent catalytic activity of 3D HOPC for CL-20 thermal decomposition,

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in agreement with their DSC results. Furthermore, the existence of 3D HOPC scaffold did not

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change the thermal decomposition mechanism of CL-20 for the similar TG curve of raw CL-20

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Figure 4. (a) DSC and (b) TG curves of raw CL-20 and CL-20/HOPC nanocomposites at the

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heating rate of 10 oC/min.

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To further understand the catalytic performance of 3D HOPC for CL-20 thermal

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decomposition, raw CL-20 and CL-20/HOPC nanocomposites were investigated by DSC/TG at

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different heating rates from 2 to 20 °C /min, respectively. As shown in Figure 5 and Table 1, the

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decomposition temperature of raw CL-20 and nanocomposites is dependent on the heating rate

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and a slight increase in the temperature is accompanied with the increase of heating rate. Taking

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C-305-3 as an example, the analysis results show that the peak temperature increases gradually

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from 185.7 °C for 2 °C /min, to 196.1 °C for 5 °C /min, 205.5 °C for 10 °C /min and 215.5 °C

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energy (Ea) and pre-exponential factor (A), Kissinger’s Eq (1) and Ozawa’s Eq (2)38 are cited and

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the results are shown in Table 1.

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115.3

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225.9

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0.9843

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0.9872

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195.3

201.6

211.3

163.7

37.2

0.9896

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214.3

222.1

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they increase in order C-305-1 < C-305-2 < C-305-3 < C-305A-3 < C-430-3 < C-180-3. Usually,

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activation energies and pre-exponential factors, it can be deduced that the catalytic performance

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activity. This conclusion is slightly different from the previous DSC analysis at the heating rate

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3D HOPC in addition to their high surface area and confined CL-20 nanocrystals. Meanwhile,

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the TG results are also calculated by ASTM E1641 method40 to determine the thermal kinetic

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parameters of CL-20 and CL-20/HOPC nanocomposites. Activation energies and pre-

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constant conversion. As shown in Table S2, the values of Ea and InA exhibit the same variation

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procedure for the decomposition process of CL-20 inside 3D HOPC scaffold is schematically

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illustrated in Figure 1b. As far as we know, the dominating decomposition reaction of CL-20 is

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the homolytic cleavage of the N-NO2 bonds, and NO2 is the most significant decomposition

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product.40 The 3D hierarchically ordered porous structure is beneficial to the fast diffusion of

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NO2 through the whole scaffold and the reaction between NO2 and active sites in the pore walls,

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N-NO2 bonds via reducing the concentration of NO2, and a mass of heat released from the

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reaction of NO2 and 3D HOPC can accelerate the decomposition of residual CL-20 and ensure

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the continuation of the decomposition. So that the whole thermal decomposition reaction of CL-

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20/HOPC nanocomposites shifts to low temperature, and the peak temperature and activation

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energy decrease as well. Moreover, the porous network of 3D HOPC scaffold can significantly

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suppress the escape of NO2, thus allowing it sufficiently reacts with carbon scaffold. However,

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the existence of carbon scaffold has broken the original oxygen balance of CL-20 and weakened

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the catalytic action of NO2 on CL-20, so that the decomposition of the whole CL-20 molecule is

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insufficient, and then the heat release of CL-20/HOPC nanocomposites decrease as compared to

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raw CL-20. Consequently, the 3D hierarchically ordered porous structure also contributes to the

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catalytic performance of 3D HOPC for CL-20 thermal decomposition. Highly ordered porous

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structure and good pore connectivity mean remarkable catalytic activity. From the previous

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FESEM and TEM analysis, it can be seen that C-305, even C-305A, possess the highly ordered

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porous structure and good pore connectivity, which resulting in a lower activation energy for C-

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305-1, C-305-2, C-305-3 and C-305A-3. By contrast, C-180-3 has higher activation energy

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because of its poor ordered porous structure and pore connectivity.

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On the basis of the aforementioned results, the superior thermal catalytic performance of 3D

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HOPC are attributed to the following factors: 1) its highly ordered porous structure and good

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pore connectivity can minimize the diffusion resistance to facilitate the efficient transfer of NO2;

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2) its high surface area and 3D hierarchically porous structure provide plenty of exposed reactive

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sites for NO2 adsorption or reaction during the thermal catalytic process; 3) the CL-20

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nanocrystals confined in its porous channels resulting in a higher decomposition rate and a lower

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decomposition temperature; 4) its outstanding thermal conductivity is beneficial to the heat

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transfer during the decomposition process of CL-20. Nevertheless, although the surface

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modification such as oxidative treatment can introduce a large number of oxygen-containing

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groups to promote the CL-20 loading, the formation of larger CL-20 nanocrystals and the

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decrease of the specific surface area and pore connectivity caused by structural damage can

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weaken the catalytic performance of 3D HOPC.

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In summary, a highly active and efficient catalyst, 3D HOPC, has been proposed for the

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thermal decomposition of CL-20 via synthesizing nanostructured CL-20/HOPC composites. A

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significant improvement of the thermal decomposition properties of CL-20 is achieved with

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remarkable decrease in decomposition peak temperature (from 247.0 to 174.8 °C) and activation

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energy (from 165.5 to 115.3 kJ/mol). The outstanding performance of 3D HOPC results from its

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well-connected 3D hierarchically ordered porous structure, high surface area and the confined

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CL-20 nanocrystals. All these features indicate that 3D HOPC is an attractive catalyst for the

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thermal decomposition of CL-20. This work should get deep insights into the role of 3D

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hierarchically ordered porous structure in thermal catalysis of CL-20 decomposition, and

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conceptually provides a new insight for designing high-performance carbon-based catalysts for

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nitramine explosives based solid propellants.

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Supporting Information.

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The following files are available free of charge.

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Molecular structure of CL-20; TEM images of C-180, C-305A and C-430; FESEM images, N2

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sorption isotherms and pore size distributions of C-180, C-305A, C-430 and their

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nanocomposites with CL-20; FT-IR spectra of C-305 and C-305A; Pore textural parameters of

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3D HOPC materials and CL-20/HOPC nanocomposites; Dimension of the confined CL-20

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nanocrytals; Dependence of ln(β/Tp2) on 1/Tp and kinetic parameters at the 30% conversion in

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TG experiments for raw CL-20 and CL-20/HOPC nanocomposites (PDF).

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AUTHOR INFORMATION

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Corresponding Authors

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*E-mail [email protected] (G. Y); Tel +86 816 2480353

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*E-mail [email protected] (H. H)

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Notes

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The authors declare no competing financial interest.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

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This work was supported by the National Science Foundation of China (11372288, 11502242

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