Issue 2, 2021

Free-standing, anti-corrosion, super flexible graphene oxide/silver nanowire thin films for ultra-wideband electromagnetic interference shielding

Abstract

The exploration of ultra-wideband electromagnetic shielding materials is still a huge challenge in the elimination of electromagnetic interference from electronic devices of various frequencies in military and civil fields. Herein, a free-standing graphene oxide/silver nanowire (GO/Ag-7L) film with a dense sandwich-like structure is fabricated via vacuum-assisted self-assembly. Compared with the random distribution of physical mixed films, silver nanowires are woven into a 3D conductive network in the multilayer GO/Ag-7L film, which provides a superb electrical conductivity (2255.8 S cm−1). Benefitting from the multilayer structure with multiple absorptions of the GO layer and multiple reflections of the silver nanowire network, the electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness (EMI SE) is up to 62 dB when the thickness is merely 8 μm in the ultra-wideband of 8–40 GHz (covering the X-band, Ku-band, K-band, and Ka-band). The corresponding specific SE (EMI SE/t) is as high as 77 500 dB cm−1. After inserting the GO layer, the GO/Ag-7L film exhibits outstanding flexibility and anti-corrosion properties. Considering practical application, it can be employed as a novel strain sensor with high sensitivity and a quick strain response in the robotics field, which satisfies the requirement for both electromagnetic interference protection and real-time motion monitoring. Thus, it has promising potential applications in sophisticated electronic equipment.

Graphical abstract: Free-standing, anti-corrosion, super flexible graphene oxide/silver nanowire thin films for ultra-wideband electromagnetic interference shielding

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 Sep 2020
Accepted
27 Nov 2020
First published
27 Nov 2020

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021,9, 1180-1191

Free-standing, anti-corrosion, super flexible graphene oxide/silver nanowire thin films for ultra-wideband electromagnetic interference shielding

H. Jia, X. Yang, Q. Kong, L. Xie, Q. Guo, G. Song, L. Liang, J. Chen, Y. Li and C. Chen, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 1180 DOI: 10.1039/D0TA09246K

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