4.7 Article

Modulation of electromagnetic absorption and shielding properties of geopolymer nanocomposites by designing core-shell structure of carbon nanotubes

Journal

CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
Volume 48, Issue 18, Pages 26098-26106

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2022.05.292

Keywords

Geopolymer nanocomposites; Silica; Carbon nanotubes; Electromagnetic interference shielding; Electromagnetic wave absorption

Funding

  1. Shanghai Pujiang Program [19PJ1400400]
  2. Science and Technology Research Project of Hubei Province Education Department [B2020073]
  3. Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2232019D3-46]
  4. Ministry of Education [FZYR2021001]
  5. Shanghai Key Laboratory of Lightweight Composite [2232019A4-04]
  6. Engineering Research Center for Clean Production of Textile Printing and Dyeing

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In this study, an electromagnetic protective building material was developed by combining silica-grafted carbon nanotubes with geopolymer. The electromagnetic absorption and shielding properties of the nanocomposites were modulated by adjusting the thickness of the silica shell. The results showed that a thinner silica shell promoted electron transport capability, leading to an improvement in electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness.
In this work, an electromagnetic (EM) protective building material was developed by combining silica (SiO2)-grafted carbon nanotubes (S@CNTs) with geopolymer (GeoP). The EM absorption and shielding properties of the GeoP nanocomposites were modulated by tailoring the SiO2 shell thickness. With the increase in shell thickness, the attenuation coefficient decreased, while the impedance matching degree, which acted as a prerequisite for evaluating EM absorption performance, improved. As a result, the minimum reflection loss (RLmin) reached-38.4 dB at 11.1 GHz and the effective absorption bandwidth of 3.4 GHz with a thickness of 2.9 mm was obtained. Practically, the electron transport capability was promoted with a thinner SiO2 shell, leading to an improvement in electrical conductivity. As the conductivity increased, the EM interference shielding effective-ness (SE) increased to 11.0 dB, while the RLmin also increased to -8.7 dB. Based on the underlying mechanism analysis, the strategy for modulating EM performance can be extended to other building materials.

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