Aerospace aircraft has significantly improved the life quality of human beings and extended the capability of space explosion since its appearance in 1903,in which liquid propellants or fuels provide the key power sou...Aerospace aircraft has significantly improved the life quality of human beings and extended the capability of space explosion since its appearance in 1903,in which liquid propellants or fuels provide the key power source.For jet fuels,its property of energy density plays an important role in determining the flight range,load,and performance of the aircraft.Therefore,the design and fabrication of high-energy-density(HED)fuels attract more and more attention from researchers all over the world.Herein,we briefly introduce the development of liquid jet fuels and HED fuels and demonstrate the future development of HED fuels.To further improve the energy density of fuel,the approaches of design and construction of multi-cyclic and stained molecule structures are proposed.To break through the density limit of hydrocarbon fuels,the addition of energetic nanoparticles in HED fuels to produce nanofluid or gelled fuels may provide a facile and effective method to significantly increase the energy density.This work provides the perspective for the development of HED fuels for advanced aircrafts.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21978200)Scientific Research Projects of the Ministry of Education of China(No.6141A02033522)。
文摘Aerospace aircraft has significantly improved the life quality of human beings and extended the capability of space explosion since its appearance in 1903,in which liquid propellants or fuels provide the key power source.For jet fuels,its property of energy density plays an important role in determining the flight range,load,and performance of the aircraft.Therefore,the design and fabrication of high-energy-density(HED)fuels attract more and more attention from researchers all over the world.Herein,we briefly introduce the development of liquid jet fuels and HED fuels and demonstrate the future development of HED fuels.To further improve the energy density of fuel,the approaches of design and construction of multi-cyclic and stained molecule structures are proposed.To break through the density limit of hydrocarbon fuels,the addition of energetic nanoparticles in HED fuels to produce nanofluid or gelled fuels may provide a facile and effective method to significantly increase the energy density.This work provides the perspective for the development of HED fuels for advanced aircrafts.