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Ionic Liquid Propellants: Future Fuels for Space Propulsion
Author(s) -
Zhang Qinghua,
Shreeve Jean'ne M.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201303131
Subject(s) - propellant , ionic liquid , propulsion , aerospace engineering , monopropellant , spacecraft propulsion , chemical space , hydrazine (antidepressant) , space (punctuation) , materials science , chemistry , environmental science , engineering , computer science , organic chemistry , chromatography , catalysis , biochemistry , drug discovery , operating system
Use of green propellants is a trend for future space propulsion. Hypergolic ionic liquid propellants, which are environmentally‐benign while exhibiting energetic performances comparable to hydrazine, have shown great potential to meet the requirements of developing nontoxic high‐performance propellant formulations for space propulsion applications. This Concept article presents a review of recent advances in the field of ionic liquid propellants.