Issue 48, 2016

Direct synthesis of MOF-derived nanoporous CuO/carbon composites for high impedance matching and advanced microwave absorption

Abstract

Nanostructured carbon materials with hollow structures derived from metal organic frameworks (MOFs) have attracted considerable attention due to their low density for microwave absorption. However, their poor impedance matching worsens the absorption properties. The rational design and fabrication of complex hollow nanocarbon materials with excellent impedance matching still remains a challenge. Herein, we report a simple strategy to fabricate porous CuO/carbon composites by nitrate impregnation into a MOF template (thermal decomposition of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks, ZIF-67). When used as microwave absorbing materials, these hollow CuO/carbon composite polyhedra exhibited excellent impedance matching, light weight and strong absorption. An optimal reflection loss (RL) of −57.5 dB is achieved at 14.9 GHz with a matching thickness of 1.55 mm and RL values less than −10 dB can be gained in the range of 13–17.7 GHz. The best absorbing performance of the composites mainly originates from the high loss of the porous carbon obtained by the carbonization of ZIF-67, and the improvement of the impedance matching with the embedding of CuO. This work may provide a general way for fabricating porous metal oxides/carbon composites for lightweight microwave absorbing materials.

Graphical abstract: Direct synthesis of MOF-derived nanoporous CuO/carbon composites for high impedance matching and advanced microwave absorption

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
16 sept. 2016
Accepted
08 nov. 2016
First published
08 nov. 2016

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016,4, 11419-11426

Direct synthesis of MOF-derived nanoporous CuO/carbon composites for high impedance matching and advanced microwave absorption

J. Ma, X. Zhang, W. Liu and G. Ji, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016, 4, 11419 DOI: 10.1039/C6TC04048A

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