Issue 16, 2016

A wormhole-like porous carbon/magnetic particles composite as an efficient broadband electromagnetic wave absorber

Abstract

A method combining liquid–liquid phase separation and the pyrolysis process has been developed to fabricate the wormhole-like porous carbon/magnetic nanoparticles composite with a pore size of about 80 nm (WPC/MNPs-80). In this work, the porous structure was designed to enhance interaction between the electromagnetic (EM) wave and the absorber, while the magnetic nanoparticles were used to bring about magnetic loss ability. The structure, morphology, porosity and magnetic properties of WPC/MNPs-80 were investigated in detail. To evaluate its EM wave attenuation performance, the EM parameters of the absorber and wax composite were measured at 2–18 GHz. WPC/MNPs-80 has an excellent EM wave absorbency with a wide absorption band at a relatively low loading and thin absorber thickness. At the absorber thickness of 1.5 and 2.0 mm, minimum RL values of −29.2 and −47.9 dB were achieved with the RL below −10 dB in 12.8–18 and 9.2–13.3 GHz, respectively. The Co and Fe nanoparticles derived from the chemical reduction of Co0.2Fe2.8O4 can enhance the graphitization process of carbon and thus improve dielectric loss ability. Polarizations in the nanocomposite absorber also play an important role in EM wave absorption. Thus, EM waves can be effectively attenuated by dielectric loss and magnetic loss through multiple reflections and absorption in the porous structure. WPC/MNPs-80 could be an excellent absorber for EM wave attenuation; and the design strategy could be extended as a general method to synthesize other high-performance absorbers.

Graphical abstract: A wormhole-like porous carbon/magnetic particles composite as an efficient broadband electromagnetic wave absorber

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
04 Mar 2016
Accepted
29 Mar 2016
First published
31 Mar 2016

Nanoscale, 2016,8, 8899-8909

A wormhole-like porous carbon/magnetic particles composite as an efficient broadband electromagnetic wave absorber

J. Fang, T. Liu, Z. Chen, Y. Wang, W. Wei, X. Yue and Z. Jiang, Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 8899 DOI: 10.1039/C6NR01863G

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