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Interface Structure and Stability of Al/Fe2O3 Nano-thermite: A Periodic DFT Study
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1.School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China;2.National Quality Supervision and Insepection Center for Industrial Explosive Materials, Nanjing 210094, China

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    Nano-thermites, as one kind of energetic composites, have wide applications. A systematic study on the relationship between the interface structures and properties has great significance for the preparation of the new nano-thermites with excellent performance. The structures and energies of Fe2O3(104) and Fe2O3(110) surfaces and the structures, bonding properties, and adhesion work of Al(111)/Fe2O3(104) and Al(111)/Fe2O3(110) interfaces (AFS1, AFS2, AFS3, AFS4 and AFS5) were studied with the periodic density functional theory in this work. Results show that O-terminated Fe2O3(104) and Fe2O3(110) surfaces and the interfaces formed by these surfaces with Al(111) are more stable than those of the (104) and (110) surfaces of Fe2O3 respectively. Among 5 of the Al/Fe2O3 interfaces, the interfaces composed by the O-terminated Fe2O3(104) and Fe2O3(110) surfaces with Al(111), i.e., AFS1 and AFS5, have the maximum adhesion work (3.92 J·m-2 and 3.02 J·m-2, respectively), and AFS1 is more stable than AFS5. In these two most stable interfaces, the Al atoms stack on the top position of the O atoms of the Fe2O3 surfaces and the binding of Al and Fe2O3 surfaces is mainly through the Al-O ionic bonds.

    图1 Al和Fe2O3的表面结构Fig.1 Surface structures of Al and Fe2O3
    图2 5种Al/Fe2O3界面结构Fig.2 Five interface structures of Al/Fe2O3
    图3 5种Al/Fe2O3界面的弛豫结构Fig.3 Five relaxed interface structures of Al/Fe2O3
    图4 AFS1界面(a, b)和AFS5界面(c, d)的差分电荷密度和平面平均差分电荷密度(黄色和蓝色分别表示电荷密度的增加和减少)Fig.4 Differential charge density and plane-averaged difference charge density of AFS1 (a, b) and AFS5 (c, d) (Yellow and blue colors represent the increase and decrease in charge density, respectively)
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薛闯,高贫,王桂香,等. Al/Fe2O3纳米铝热剂界面结构和稳定性的周期性密度泛函理论研究[J].含能材料,2022,30(3):197-203.
XUE Chuang, GAO Pin, WANG Gui-xiang, et al. Interface Structure and Stability of Al/Fe2O3 Nano-thermite: A Periodic DFT Study[J]. Chinese Journal of Energetic Materials,2022,30(3):197-203.

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  • Received:August 23,2021
  • Revised:September 20,2021
  • Adopted:January 10,2022
  • Online: March 17,2022
  • Published: March 25,2022