MWCNTs as Conductive Network for Monodispersed Fe3O4 Nanoparticles to Enhance the Wave Absorption Performances. Issue 2 (18th September 2017) - Yu, Kaili
Abstract : Magnetic oxides are widely used as electromagnetic (EM) wave absorbers. To promote the absorption efficiency, tremendous efforts have been contributed to adjusting the composite, structure, and size of magnetic loss materials. Employing carbon materials (CNTs, CF, graphene, PANI) is an efficient way to improve the dielectric loss of the matrix. Anchoring the tiny‐monodispersed Fe3 O4 nanoparticles (NPs) onto the lightweight multi − walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) leads to improve dielectric loss and impedance matching characteristic. Magnetic Fe3 O4 NPs along the one‐dimensional nanotubes direction play a good synergetic role with MWCNTs due to the interfacial strong chemical and structure bonding. The as‐synthesized Fe3 O4 /MWCNTs nanocomposites exhibit efficient EM wave absorption characteristics ( RL av−10 dB) with a maximum reflection loss of −63.64 dB at 12.08 GHz and a diminutive thickness of only 1.6 mm. The magnetic Fe3 O4 NPs show strong chemical and structure bonding with the one‐dimensional MWCNTs. This work may show a way to broaden the application of such kinds of lightweight high‐performance absorbing materials frameworks. Abstract : Anchoring the tiny and monodispersed Fe3O4 NPs onto the lightweight MWCNTs results in a strong bonding in Fe3O4/MWCNTs nanocomposites, which exhibit excellent EM wave absorption properties. The MWCNTs can act as the conductive network to enhance the dielectric loss and balance the magnetic loss for good impedance matching.