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Vol. 15 (2023)

Initiating Binary Metal Oxides Microcubes Electrsomagnetic Wave Absorber Toward Ultrabroad Absorption Bandwidth Through Interfacial and Defects Modulation

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01197-0
Fushan Li
School of Environmental and Material Engineering, Yantai University, No. 30 Qingquan Road, Yantai, Shandong 264005, People’s Republic of China
Nannan Wu
School of Material Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, People’s Republic of China
Hideo Kimura
School of Environmental and Material Engineering, Yantai University, No. 30 Qingquan Road, Yantai, Shandong 264005, People’s Republic of China
Yuan Wang
Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK
Ben Bin Xu
Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK
Ding Wang
Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK
Yifan Li
Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK
Hassan Algadi
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, Taiyuan 030024, People’s Republic of China
Zhanhu Guo
Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK
Wei Du
School of Environmental and Material Engineering, Yantai University, No. 30 Qingquan Road, Yantai, Shandong 264005, People’s Republic of China
Chuanxin Hou
School of Environmental and Material Engineering, Yantai University, No. 30 Qingquan Road, Yantai, Shandong 264005, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Chuanxin Hou

chuanxin210@ytu.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 15 (2023), Article Number: 220

Abstract

Cobalt nickel bimetallic oxides (NiCo2O4) have received numerous attentions in terms of their controllable morphology, high temperature, corrosion resistance and strong electromagnetic wave (EMW) absorption capability. However, broadening the absorption bandwidth is still a huge challenge for NiCo2O4-based absorbers. Herein, the unique NiCo2O4@C core–shell microcubes with hollow structures were fabricated via a facile sacrificial template strategy. The concentration of oxygen vacancies and morphologies of the three-dimensional (3D) cubic hollow core–shell NiCo2O4@C framework were effectively optimized by adjusting the calcination temperature. The specially designed 3D framework structure facilitated the multiple reflections of incident electromagnetic waves and provided rich interfaces between multiple components, generating significant interfacial polarization losses. Dipole polarizations induced by oxygen vacancies could further enhance the attenuation ability for the incident EM waves. The optimized NiCo2O4@C hollow microcubes exhibit superior EMW absorption capability with minimum RL (RLmin) of −84.45 dB at 8.4 GHz for the thickness of 3.0 mm. Moreover, ultrabroad effective absorption bandwidth (EAB) as large as 12.48 GHz (5.52–18 GHz) is obtained. This work is believed to illuminate the path to synthesis of high-performance cobalt nickel bimetallic oxides for EMW absorbers with excellent EMW absorption capability, especially in broadening effective absorption bandwidth.


Highlights:
1 3D cubic hollow core–shell NiCo2O4@C composites were synthesized.
2 Oxygen vacancies were introduced into the prepared composites.
3 Ultrabroad effective absorption bandwidth of 12.48 GHz was obtained.
4 The absorption performance mechanism of NiCo2O4/C composites was investigated.

Keywords

Electromagnetic wave absorber NiCo2O4@C Microcubes Oxygen vacancy Effective absorption bandwidth
Li, Fushan, Nannan Wu, Hideo Kimura, Yuan Wang, Ben Bin Xu, Ding Wang, Yifan Li, Hassan Algadi, Zhanhu Guo, Wei Du, and Chuanxin Hou. 2023. “Initiating Binary Metal Oxides Microcubes Electrsomagnetic Wave Absorber Toward Ultrabroad Absorption Bandwidth Through Interfacial and Defects Modulation”. Nano-Micro Letters 15 (October):220. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01197-0.
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