Core-shell CoFe2O4@C nanoparticles coupled with rGO for strong wideband microwave absorption

Xiaoxiao Zhao, Ying Huang, Xudong Liu, Jing Yan, Ling Ding, Meng Zong, Panbo Liu, Tiehu Li

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Abstract

Strong absorption and large bandwidth are two contributors to materials’ absorbing performance. In this work, a series of multi-element core-shell magnetic nano-particle composite layered graphene absorbing materials CoFe2O4@C/rGO (CCr) were prepared by adjusting carbon shell thickness. The CCr at a low thickness achieved strong microwave absorption and a wide effective absorption bandwidth. Not only the core-shell structure of the magnetic nanoparticle CoFe2O4@C (CFO@C) increases the interface loss, but both the coating carbon shell and the core CoFe2O4 (CFO) are beneficial to improve impedance matching. Due to the synergistic effect of the dielectric and magnetic properties of graphene and ferrite, CCr possessed high absorption performance, and its minimum reflection loss reached (RLmin) −52.5 dB when the thickness was only 2 mm. At the same time, the effective absorption bandwidth (EAB) was 5.68 GHz when the thickness was only 1.7 mm. The chemically stable core-shell dielectric nanocomposite provided a new solution for preparing materials with excellent chemical structure and high absorbing properties.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)192-202
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Colloid and Interface Science
Volume607
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2022

Keywords

  • CoFeO
  • Core-shell
  • Microwave absorption
  • rGO

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