Synthesis of CNTs/CuO and its catalytic performance on the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate

Copper oxide (cuo) nanoparticles were successfully deposited on carbon nanotubes' (cnts) surface via complex-precipitation method,the nanocomposite was characterized by transmission electron microscopy (tem),scanning electron microscopy (sem),x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (xps),x-ray powder diffraction (xrd),raman spectroscopy,fourier transform infrared (ft-ir) and brunauer-emmett-teller (bet). the catalytic performance of cnts/cuo on ammonium perchlorate (ap) decomposition was analyzed by differential thermal analyzer (dta),the dta results showed its excellent catalytic effect on ap decomposition,as 8 wt.% cnts/cuo was added in ap,the second exothermic peak temperature decreased by 158 °c. such composite may be a promising candidate for catalyzing the ap thermal decomposition. © 2014 the authors.