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Highly Flexible Fabrics/Epoxy Composites with Hybrid Carbon Nanofillers for Absorption-Dominated Electromagnetic Interference Shielding

Journal

NANO-MICRO LETTERS
Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages -

Publisher

SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s40820-022-00926-1

Keywords

Conductive polymer composites; Fracture toughness; Flexible composites; Absorption-dominated electromagnetic interference shielding

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  1. National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korea government (MSIT) [2022M3J7A1062940]

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This study demonstrates the development of flexible and robust electromagnetic interference shielding composites using hybrid nanofillers and polyester fabrics. These composites exhibit high electrical conductivity, fracture toughness, and excellent EMI shielding effectiveness, making them suitable for next-generation wearable electronic devices.
Epoxy-based nano-composites can be ideal electro-magnetic interference (EMI)-shielding materials owing to their lightness, chemical inertness, and mechanical durability. However, poor conductivity and brittleness of the epoxy resin are challenges for fast-growing portable and flexible EMI-shielding applications, such as smart wristband, medical cloth, aerospace, and military equipment. In this study, we explored hybrid nanofillers of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT)/reduced graphene oxide (rGO) as conductive inks and polyester fabrics (PFs) as a substrate for flexible EMI-shielding composites. The highest electrical conductivity and fracture toughness of the SWCNT/rGO/PF/epoxy composites were 30.2 S m(-1) and 38.5 MPa m(1/2), which are similar to 270 and 65% enhancement over those of the composites without SWCNTs, respectively. Excellent mechanical durability was demonstrated by stable electrical conductivity retention during 1000 cycles of bending test. An EMI-shielding effectiveness of similar to 41 dB in the X-band frequency of 8.2-12.4 GHz with a thickness of 0.6 mm was obtained with an EM absorption-dominant behavior over a 0.7 absorption coefficient. These results are attributed to the hierarchical architecture of the macroscale PF skeleton and nanoscale SWCNT/rGO networks, leading to superior EMI-shielding performance. We believe that this approach provides highly flexible and robust EMI-shielding composites for next-generation wearable electronic devices.

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