Journal
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 408, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2020.127283
Keywords
MXene foam; Self-assembly; Microwave absorption; Ultralight; Pre-freezing temperature
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Funding
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD), Qing Lan Project
- Postgraduate Research AMP
- Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province [KYCX20_0990]
- Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (PCSIRT) [IRT1146, IRT15R35]
- Jiangsu Students' Platform for innovation and entrepreneurship training program [201810291021Z]
- Top-notch Academic Programs Project of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (TAPP) [PPZY2015B128]
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The ultralight Ti3C2Tx foams fabricated by a new method show enhanced microwave absorption (MA) performance when the pre-freezing temperature is decreased, resulting in smaller pore size, more uniform pore structure, decreased electrical conductivity, and enhanced MA performance. Pre-frozen at -196 degrees C, the Ti3C2Tx foams exhibit the most impressive MA performance with minimum reflection loss and effective absorption bandwidth, making them one of the most lightweight materials with excellent MA performance.
Light weight is one significant pursuit for microwave absorption (MA) materials. Generally, constructing foams with porous structure and low density as the absorber is one efficient way to reduce the absorber content and the quality of MA materials since the porous structure can effectively cause multiple reflections of electromagnetic waves and enhance the MA performance. Herein, we report a new and simple method for fabricating ultralight Ti3C2Tx foams by hydrochloric acid induced self-assembly and freeze-drying, for which the pore structure and MA performance can be effectively regulated by pre-freezing temperature. The decrease of pre-freezing temperature from -20 degrees C to -196 degrees C results in a reduced pore size, more homogenous pore structure, a decreased electrical conductivity, a decreased dielectric constant and a significantly enhanced MA performance. 3.3 wt% Ti3C2Tx foams was immersed into molten paraffin to prepare composites for the MA performance tests. Due to the synergy of multiple reflection, conductive loss and polarization relaxation, the Ti3C2Tx foams pre-frozen at -196 degrees C shows the most superb and impressive MA performance, a minimum reflection loss (RL) of -50.6 dB at the thickness of 1.8 mm and an effective absorption bandwidth (EAB) of 4.2 GHz (13.8-17.6 GHz) at the thickness of 1.4 mm, and the EAB could be adjusted in a range of 11.9 GHz (6.1-18 GHz) by increasing the thickness from 1 mm to 3 mm. This is one of the most lightweight materials with excellent MA performance to our knowledge, which perfectly meet the combined pursuit of light weight, thin thickness, broad bandwidth and strong absorption. This work offers a simple strategy for constructing 3D porous Ti3C2Tx-based foams facing the application such as MA, electromagnetic shielding, environmental governance, energy storage and sensors.
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