Synthesis and characterization of α-Fe2O3 mesoporous using SBA-15 silica as template and investigation of its catalytic activity for thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate particles

In this study, mesoporous α-Fe2O3 catalysts were synthesized from mesoporous silica SBA-15 as the hard template and iron nitrate as the iron oxide source via nanocasting strategy. In order to access the highest loading of iron oxide in the template pores, different weight ratios of Fe(NO3)3·9H2O/SBA-15 were used in the pore-filling step by two solvents process. The structural and textural properties of the SBA-15 template and α-Fe2O3-2.0...