Hierarchical Fe3O4@carbon@MnO2 hybrid for electromagnetic wave absorber

Xingliang Chen; Zirui Jia; Ailing Feng; Bingbing Wang; Xiaohua Tong; Chuanhui Zhang; Guanglei Wu

doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2019.06.058

Hierarchical Fe₃O₄@carbon@MnO₂ hybrid for electromagnetic wave absorber

J Colloid Interface Sci. 2019 Oct 1:553:465-474. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.06.058. Epub 2019 Jun 18.

Authors

Xingliang Chen¹, Zirui Jia², Ailing Feng³, Bingbing Wang², Xiaohua Tong², Chuanhui Zhang², Guanglei Wu⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Materials for Energy and Environment, State Key Laboratory of Bio-fibers and Eco-textiles, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, PR China; Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer Materials and Technology of MOE, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210046, PR China.
² Institute of Materials for Energy and Environment, State Key Laboratory of Bio-fibers and Eco-textiles, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, PR China.
³ Institute of Physics & Optoelectronics Technology, Baoji University of Arts and Sciences, Baoji 721016, PR China.
⁴ Institute of Materials for Energy and Environment, State Key Laboratory of Bio-fibers and Eco-textiles, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, PR China; Key Laboratory of Engineering Dielectrics and Its Application, Ministry of Education, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150080, PR China. Electronic address: wuguanglei@qdu.edu.cn.

PMID: 31229865
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.06.058

Abstract

In this work, a novel Fe₃O₄@C@MnO₂ hybrid was successfully synthesized via facile method. The morphology, structure, chemical composition, magnetic behavior and EM wave absorbing performance of the hybrid were systematically investigated. Results indicate that the hybrid possesses uniform hierarchical and mesoporous structure. The magnetic saturation(Ms) value of the hybrid is 19.8 emu g^-1, which is beneficial to improve magnetic loss. According to its reflection loss curve, the hybrid performs superior EM wave absorption capacity, with a minimum reflection loss value and effective absorbing bandwidth of -35 dB and 5 GHz when the specimen thickness is 2.7 mm. The excellent performance of this hybrid can mainly be attributed to its ideal matching of magnetic loss and dielectric loss, large specific surface area, mesoporous structure and interfacial polarizations. Such new material has the potential to be a superior electromagnetic wave absorber, or applied as a functional filler to modify resin matrix.

Keywords: EM wave absorption; Fe(3)O(4)@C nanosphere; Hierarchical structure; MnO(2).