Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 12, Issue 4, Pages 4689-4698Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b16134
Keywords
composite foams; nitrogen doping; reduced graphene oxide; carbon nanotubes; microwave absorption
Funding
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2019M652160]
- Foundation of Provincial Natural Science Research Project of Anhui Colleges [KJ2019A0119]
- Doctor's Start-up Research Foundation of AUST
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Graphene foams with three-dimensional (3D) network structure, high porosity, and ultralow density have been regarded as lightweight microwave absorption materials. Herein, nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide/multi-walled carbon nanotube composite foams were prepared through a two-step strategy of hydrothermal self-assembly and subsequent high-temperature calcination. Morphology analysis indicated that the 3D networks were composed of overlapped flaky reduced graphene oxide. In addition, the influences of nitrogen doping, calcination temperature, and filler ratios on microwave absorption of composite foams were explored. Results manifested that the microwave absorption of composite foams was remarkably improved with the calcination temperature increased. Dramatically, it was noteworthy that the composite foam obtained under 600 degrees C calcination (bulk density of similar to 10.8 mg/cm(3)) with an 8 wt % mass filler ratio presented the strongest microwave absorption of -69.6 dB at 12.5 GHz and broadest absorption bandwidth achieved 4.3 GHz (13.2-17.5 GHz) at an extremely low matching thickness equal to 1.5 mm. Moreover, the microwave absorption performance could be conveniently adjusted through modifying the thicknesses, filler ratios, and calcination temperature. The excellent microwave absorption performance of as-prepared composite foams was greatly derived from a well-constructed 3D network structure, significant nitrogen doping, enhanced polarization relaxation, and improved conduction loss. This work proposed a new strategy for fabricating graphene-based composites with a 3D network structure as high-efficiency microwave absorbers.
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