title: Highly energetic compositions based on functionalized carbon nanomaterials.
abstract: In recent years, research in the field of carbon nanomaterials (CNMs), such as fullerenes, expanded graphite (EG), carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene, and graphene oxide (GO), has been widely used in energy storage, electronics, catalysts, and biomaterials, as well as medical applications. Regarding energy storage, one of the most important research directions is the development of CNMs as carriers of energetic components by coating or encapsulation, thus forming safer advanced nanostructures with better performances. Moreover, some CNMs can also be functionalized to become energetic additives. This review article covers updated preparation methods for the aforementioned CNMs, with a more specific orientation towards the use of these nanomaterials in energetic compositions. The effects of these functionalized CNMs on thermal decomposition, ignition, combustion and the reactivity properties of energetic compositions are significant and are discussed in detail. It has been shown that the use of functionalized CNMs in energetic compositions greatly improves their combustion performances, thermal stability and sensitivity. In particular, functionalized fullerenes, CNTs and GO are the most appropriate candidate components in nanothermites, solid propellants and gas generators, due to their superior catalytic properties as well as facile preparation methods.
authors.affiliation: Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Faculty of Exact Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel. cogozin@gmail.com qilonyan@post.tau.ac.il.
authors.forename: Qi-Long
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Faculty of Exact Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel. cogozin@gmail.com qilonyan@post.tau.ac.il.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gozin
authors.affiliation: Science and Technology on Combustion and Explosion Laboratory, Xi'an Modern Chemistry Research Institute, Xi'an 710065, China.
authors.forename: Feng-Qi
authors.initials: FQ
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Faculty of Exact Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel. cogozin@gmail.com qilonyan@post.tau.ac.il.
authors.forename: Adva
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.
authors.forename: Si-Ping
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Pang