Achieving C/CuO microfiber composites with efficient microwave absorbing performance at low thickness

Autor: Tiantian Jiang, Yan Xie, Jianzhuang Jiang, Yupeng Wei, Junwei Zhang, Feiyun Zhao, Linqi Li, Hu Yang, Yong Peng, Junzhi Zhu
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics. 32:25973-25986
ISSN: 1573-482X
0957-4522
Popis: The carbon fibers with low density still face significant microwave absorbing application issues due to their high dielectric constant. Herein, C/Cu core–shell microfiber composites are prepared by electroless plating. The Cu coating of C/Cu core–shell microfiber composites is oxidized to CuO at 300 °C and 400 °C temperature. The morphology, microstructure, and electromagnetic characteristics of C/CuO microfiber composites were analyzed. The diameter of all the fiber composites was about 7–8 μm. The CuO coating thickness formed at 300 °C and 400 °C temperature is 30–90 nm and 300–900 nm, respectively. The annealing process tunes the electromagnetic characteristics and optimizes impedance matching. The minimum reflection loss (RL) value of C/CuO core–shell microfiber composites annealed at 300 °C temperature remarkably reaches − 46.0 dB at 1.06 mm thickness and 3.6 GHz effective absorption bandwidth (RL ≤ − 10 dB). The C/CuO microfiber composites can be the ideal absorbing materials at a lower thickness.
Databáze: OpenAIRE