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The purpose of this work was to study the catalytic reaction and its mechanism of ammonium perchlorate (AP) with cobalt complex of 2,6-diamino-3,5-dinitropyrazine-1-oxide (Co-LLM-105) during thermal decomposition process. At first, the catalytic performance of Co-LLM-105 on the thermal decomposition of AP was investigated by TG–DSC, TG-FTIR, non-isothermal kinetic and α–T kinetic curves analyses. Secondly, the thermal decomposition mechanism of Co-LLM-105 in the absence and presence of AP was proposed based on TG, DTG, DSC and thermolysis/RSFTIR analyses. The results showed that Co-LLM-105 exhibited excellent catalytic activity on the thermal decomposition of AP. Meanwhile, AP also exhibited some catalytic effects on the thermal decomposition of Co-LLM-105. Both of the components had catalytic effects on each other during the process. The formation of active CoCO3, Co3O4, CoO and Co(NH3)6(ClO4)2 in situ in the system accounted for the higher catalytic activity of Co-LLM-105 for the thermal decomposition of AP was deduced.Graphical AbstractCo-LLM-105 exhibited excellent catalytic activity on the thermal decomposition of AP. Meanwhile, AP also exhibited some catalytic effects on the thermal decomposition of Co-LLM-105. Both of the components had catalytic effects on each other during the process.