Design and Performance Studies on Series of Tetrazole-Based Ultra-High-Energy Density High-Nitrogen Heterocyclic Power Systems

Yunqiu Li and Qiyao Yu ()
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Yunqiu Li: Jiangsu Province Nanjing Engineering Vocational College, Nanjing 211135, China
Qiyao Yu: State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Safety Protection, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China

Energies, 2025, vol. 18, issue 7, 1-15

Abstract: The innovation of energy storage technology and its solutions for energetic materials is an important direction in the current energy technology field. Hence, series of tetrazole-based ultra-high-energy-density high-nitrogen heterocyclic power compounds were designed and their energy characteristics and safety performances were evaluated by density functional theory (DFT). The results indicate that the type, number, and position of substituents have a significant effect on the comprehensive performance of these compounds. Research on electronic features shows that mono-substituents on the N atom connecting two tetrazole rings, substituents with more H atoms on the tetrazole ring, and less energetic substituents are beneficial for the stability of compounds. The discussion on energy characteristics and safety performance indicates that compounds B1(N-(1-nitro-1H-tetrazol-5-yl)-N-(1H-tetrazol-5-yl)nitramide), B7(N’-(1-nitro-1H-tetrazol-5-yl)-N’-(1H-tetrazol-5-yl)nitric hydrazide), B8(N-(1-(nitroamino)-1H-tetrazol-5-yl)-N-(1H-tetrazol-5-yl)nitramide), C1(5,5′-(hydrazine-1,1-diyl)bis(1-nitro-1H-tetrazole)), C4(N,N-bis(1-nitro-1H-tetrazol-5-yl)nitramide), and C6(N-(1-amino-1H-tetrazol-5-yl)-N-(1-nitro-1H-tetrazol-5-yl)nitramide) possess outstanding comprehensive performance concerning density, heat of formation, detonation heat, detonation velocity and pressure, oxygen balance, and impact sensitivity, and can be screened as candidates for high-energy-density compounds. The results are expected to provide new solutions for the innovation and progress of energy storage technologies in the energetic materials field.

Keywords: molecular design; high-energy-density compounds; energy characteristics; safety performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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