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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
Volume 44, Issue 16, Pages 19171-19183Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.06.264
Keywords
Porous Fe3O4/C microspheres; Dielectric loss; Magnetic loss; Electromagnetic wave absorption
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41476059]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2016M600557]
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Porous Fe3O4/C microspheres, which were Fe3O4 nanocrystals (similar to 8 nm) embedded in an open nanostructured carbon network, were successfully synthesized via a facile hydrothermal process. The porous Fe3O4/C micro spheres possessed many distinct attributes that facilitate efficient broadband electromagnetic wave absorption (EMWA). EMWs were attenuated through multiple reflections and absorption in the 3D interconnected porous structure of the microspheres; these processes collectively improved the interaction between the EMWs and the absorber. Additionally, the carbon network and embedded Fe3O4 nanoparticles caused significant dielectric losses and magnetic losses, respectively, which also enhanced EMWA. The EMWA characteristics of the microspheres could be precisely tuned via changing the carbon content to achieve optimized impedance matching. Porous Fe3O4/C microspheres with a 71.5 wt% carbon content displayed particularly impressive EMWA properties: a maximum reflection loss (RL) value of - 31.75 across broad band frequencies in the range of 7.76-12.88 GHz (RL < - 10 dB) at an absorber thickness of 3.0 mm. These excellent EMWA properties may be attributed to both dielectric loss (carbon) and magnetic loss (Fe3O4). Additionally, the 3D interconnected porous structure of the Fe3O4/C microspheres is especially favorable for impedance matching.
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