Cubic gauche polymeric nitrogen under ambient conditions

El Mostafa Benchafia, Zhenhua Yao, Gu Yuan, Tsengmin Chou, Hong Piao, Xianqin Wang () and Zafar Iqbal ()
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El Mostafa Benchafia: New Jersey Institute of Technology
Zhenhua Yao: Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Gu Yuan: New Jersey Institute of Technology
Tsengmin Chou: Stevens Institute of Technology
Hong Piao: Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, General Electric Co.
Xianqin Wang: Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Zafar Iqbal: New Jersey Institute of Technology

Nature Communications, 2017, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-6

Abstract: Abstract The long-sought cubic gauche phase of polymeric nitrogen (cg-PN) with nitrogen-nitrogen single bonds has been synthesized together with a related phase by a radio-frequency plasma reaction under near-ambient conditions. Here, we report the synthesis of polymeric nitrogen using a mixture of nitrogen and argon flowing over bulk β-sodium azide or β-sodium azide dispersed on 100 nm long multiwall carbon nanotubes. The cg-PN phase is identified by Raman and attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and powder X-ray diffraction. The synthesis of the cubic gauche allotrope of high energy density polymeric nitrogen under near-ambient conditions should therefore enable its optimized production and applications as a “green” energetic material and a potential catalyst for different chemical reactions.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01083-5

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