Facile preparation of Fe/N-based biomass porous carbon composite towards enhancing the thermal decomposition of DAP-4

Fe/N-based biomass porous carbon composite (Fe/N-pCarbon) was prepared by a facile high-temperature carbonization method from biomass, and the effect of Fe/N-pCarbon on the thermal decomposition of energetic molecular perovskite-based material DAP-4 was studied. Biomass porous carbonaceous materials was considered as the micro/nano support layers for in situ deposition of Fe/N precursors. Fe/N-pCarbon was prepared simply by the high-temperature carbonization method. It was found that it showed the inherent catalysis properties for thermal decomposition of DAP-4. The heat release of DAP-4/Fe/N-pCarbon by DSC curves tested had increased slightly, compared from DAP-4/Fe/N-pCarbon-0. The decomposition temperature peak of DAP-4 at the presence of Fe/N-pCarbon had reduced by 79°C from 384.4°C (pure DAP-4) to 305.4°C (DAP-4/Fe/N-pCarbon-3). The apparent activation energy of DAP-4 thermal decomposition also had decreased by 29.1 J/mol. The possible catalytic decomposition mechanism of DAP-4 with Fe/N-pCarbon was proposed.