DBX-1, method of manufacture, and device including the DBX-1
View Patent ↗A composition including copper(I) 5-nitrotetrazolate, wherein the composition has a carbon content of less than 7 weight percent, based on a total weight of the copper(I) 5-nitrotetrazolate.
1. A method of manufacturing copper(I) 5-nitrotetrazolate, the method comprising:
providing an electrochemical cell having a working electrode comprising Cu 0 and a counter electrode, and an aqueous electrolyte disposed therein, wherein the aqueous electrolyte comprises SO 4 2− and a Group 17 anion;
electrochemically oxidizing the Cu 0 to form a Cu + species; and
contacting the Cu + species with 5-nitrotetrazolate to form copper(I) 5-nitrotetrazolate.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the Group 17 anion is Cl − , the Cu + species is CuCl 2 − , and further comprising isolating a solution comprising the CuCl 2 − , and then
contacting the solution comprising CuCl 2 − with 5-nitrotetrazolate to form the copper(I) 5-nitrotetrazolate.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the oxidizing comprises oxidizing at a potential of less than 0.2 volts versus Ag/AgCl.
4. A device comprising the copper(I) 5-nitrotetrazolate product of claim 2 .