Electrophoretic deposition of high adhesion energetic coatings (e.g., NiO-Al/Fe2O3)

Electrophoretic deposition (EPD) is a promising method for fast-preparing thermite (Al/MO x ) coatings and other energetic coatings with the advantages of simplicity, low cost, and wide adoptability for complex shapes. However, post-sintering treatment is unsuitable for enhancing the poor adhesion of electrophoretic Al/MO x coating and other energetic coatings because of the contradiction between the sintering temperature and the trigger temperature of thermite reaction. In this work, electrophoretic Al/MO x (i.e., Fe 2 O 3 ) coatings with high adhesion were designed by using other MO x nanoparticles (i.e., NiO) prepared via oil-phase synthesis (named as O-MO x ) as an outer coating. DSC curves show that the value of heat release in the electrophoretic NiO-Al/Fe 2 O 3 coating is 2568 J g −1 . The combustion test successfully confirms a violent and quick energy releasing of the designed Al/Fe 2 O 3 coating. More attractively, this strategy can also be employed to prepare many other kinds of Al/MO x coating (i.e., CuO, MoO 3 , WO 3 , Bi 2 O 3 ) or energetic coating (i.e., B/Ti) with good adhesion via EPD. In summary, this study provides a general strategy for electrophoretic preparation of Al/MO x coatings with high adhesion, excellent thermodynamic properties and electrical explosion performance, which would solve the key issue for preparing Al/MO x coatings through EPD technology.