Catalytic Decomposition of Hydrazine over Supported Molybdenum Nitride Catalysts in a Monopropellant Thruster |
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Authors: | Xiaowei Chen Tao Zhang Liangen Xia Tao Li Mingyuan Zheng Zili Wu Xiaodong Wang Zhaobin Wei Qin Xin Can Li |
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Affiliation: | (1) State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 10, Dalian, 116023, PR China |
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Abstract: | The catalytic decomposition of hydrazine over a series of MoNx/-Al2O3 catalysts with different Mo loadings was investigated in a monopropellant thruster (10 N). When the Mo loading is equal to or higher than the monolayer coverage of MoO3 on -Al2O3, the catalytic performance of the supported molybdenum nitride catalyst is close to that of the conventionally used Ir/-Al2O3 catalyst. The MoNx/-Al2O3 catalyst with a loading of about 23 wt% Mo (1.5 monolayers) shows the highest activity for hydrazine decomposition. There is an activation process for the MoNx/-Al2O3 catalysts at the early stage of hydrazine decomposition, which is probably due to the reduction of the oxide layer formed in the passivation procedure. |
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Keywords: | hydrazine decomposition supported molybdenum nitride passivation monopropellant thruster |
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