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Vol. 12 (2020)

A Flexible and Lightweight Biomass-Reinforced Microwave Absorber

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-020-00461-x
Yan Cheng
College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, People’s Republic of China
Justin Zhu Yeow Seow
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
Huanqin Zhao
College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, People’s Republic of China
Zhichuan J. Xu
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
Guangbin Ji
College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Guangbin Ji

gbji@nuaa.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 12 (2020), Article Number: 125

Abstract

Developing a flexible, lightweight and effective electromagnetic (EM) absorber remains challenging despite being on increasing demand as more wearable devices and portable electronics are commercialized. Herein, we report a flexible and lightweight hybrid paper by a facile vacuum-filtration-induced self-assembly process, in which cotton-derived carbon fibers serve as flexible skeletons, compactly surrounded by other microwave-attenuating components (reduced graphene oxide and Fe3O4@C nanowires). Owing to its unique architecture and synergy of the three components, the as-prepared hybrid paper exhibits flexible and lightweight features as well as superb microwave absorption performance. Maximum absorption intensity with reflection loss as low as − 63 dB can be achieved, and its broadest frequency absorption bandwidth of 5.8 GHz almost covers the entire Ku band. Such a hybrid paper is promising to cope with ever-increasing EM interference. The work also paves the way to develop low-cost and flexible EM wave absorber from biomass through a facile method.


Highlights:


1 A flexible and lightweight microwave absorber was prepared by a vacuum filtration method.
2 The remarkable microwave absorbency makes the absorber paper attractive in wireless wearable electronics field.

Keywords

Flexible Biomass Microwave absorption Dielectric loss Magnetic loss
Cheng, Yan, Justin Zhu Yeow Seow, Huanqin Zhao, Zhichuan J. Xu, and Guangbin Ji. 2020. “A Flexible and Lightweight Biomass-Reinforced Microwave Absorber”. Nano-Micro Letters 12 (June):125. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-020-00461-x.
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