Abstract Development of green propellant is of importance for safer handling and higher cost
effectiveness than conventional toxic hydrazine propellant. Among all green liquid …

Ammonium dinitramide (NH4N (NO3) 2, ADN) is regarded as a promising oxidizer due to its
low signature and high specific impulse. Generally, ADN undergoes exothermic …

Cluster fragmentation subjected to a high-voltage electric field may play an important role in
controlling the novel ionic liquid (IL) electrospray propulsion but has received little attention …

A chemical-electrospray dual-mode propulsion system is significant in improving mission
capability and flexibility of a spacecraft. Hypergolic ionic liquids are potential propellants of …

Dual-mode propulsion using energetic ionic liquids (EILs) amalgamates the merits of wide-
range thrust and high specific impulse, significantly enhancing the mission flexibility of a …

The blend of hydroxylammonium nitrate (HAN) and imidazole-based ionic liquid has shown
good feasibility in chemical and electric dual-mode green space propulsion. As conventional …

In this work, we have reported continuous flow synthesis of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium
ethyl sulfate ionic liquid in a PTFE micro-capillary. A Y-shaped microfluidic junction is used …

Ionic liquids are regarded as promising propellants for green spacecraft propulsion. A well
understanding of their fundamental properties is essential to accelerate the applications in …

Ionic liquids are an interesting class of compounds, with distinct properties compared to both
high melting point crystalline ionic compounds and typical molecular liquids. Given such …

The applications of non-toxic hydroxylamine nitrate (HAN) and imidazole-based ionic liquid
propellants exhibit excellent merits in both high-thrust chemical mode and high-specific …