Design and development of next generation green high-energy density materials

当今社会对用于推进剂、爆炸物、烟火、航空航天和采矿的高能材料的日益依赖，加大了开发能够储存和释放大量能量的材料的需要。与此同时，还必须考虑环境问题，因为目前使用的高能材料的生产和使用往往与SOx、铅和汞等有毒副产品有关。因此，需要在绿色高能材料方面进行新的创新;然而，制造绿色高能材料目前受到缺乏工业-学术界知识转移的限制，阻碍了这些材料融入全球市场。为了应对这一挑战，通用动力公司的轨道和战术系统-加拿大公司。（GD-OTS加拿大）与渥太华大学的Alberso和Murugesu小组合作，设计新的富氮化合物，将高能量密度与受控的能量释放相结合。这不仅将消除与传统高能材料相关的有毒副产品，而且还将通过复杂的盐形成方法解决安全储存和转移问题。参与该合作项目的高素质人员将接受GD-OTS Canada和uOttawa团队提供的独特培训，从而获得绿色高能材料设计和优化方面的一套罕见技能，从而实现从学术界到工业界的平稳过渡。此外，通过NSERC联盟研究计划获得的知识将有利于加拿大和全球的工业。

The increased reliance of today's society on energetic materials for use in propellants, explosives, pyrotechnics, aerospace and mining has amplified the need to develop materials capable of storing and releasing substantial amounts of energy. At the same time, environmental concerns must also be taken into consideration as the production and use of currently employed energetic materials is often associated with toxic by-products such as SOx, lead and mercury. Thus, new innovations in green energetic materials are needed; yet manufacturing green energetic materials is currently limited by a lack of industry-academia knowledge transfer, impeding the integration of these materials into the worldwide market. To address this challenge, General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems - Canada Inc. (GD-OTS Canada) has partnered with the Brusso and Murugesu groups at the University of Ottawa to design new nitrogen-rich compounds that combine high-energy density with controlled energy release. These will not only eliminate the toxic by-products associated with traditional energetic materials, but will also address safe storage and transfer via the complex salt formation approach. Highly qualified personnel involved in this collaborative project will receive unique training offered by the teams at GD-OTS Canada and uOttawa, thereby acquiring a rare set of skills in the design and optimization of green energetic materials, leading to a smooth transition from academia to industry. Furthermore, the knowledge gained by this NSERC-Alliance research program will be beneficial to industry in Canada and also worldwide.