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Effect of filler loading and thickness parameters on the microwave absorption characteristic of double-layered absorber based on MWCNT/BaTiO3/pitted carbonyl iron composite

Li, Y ; Sharif University of Technology | 2021

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2021.03.291
  3. Publisher: Elsevier Ltd , 2021
  4. Abstract:
  5. In this work, single- and double-layer electromagnetic wave absorbers were prepared by as-prepared MWCNTs/BaTiO3/pitted carbonyl iron composites. MWCNT/BaTiO3 (MW/BTO) was prepared via sol-gel method whereas the carbonyl iron particles (CI) were corroded via pitting corrosion method. The structural, microstructural, magnetic and microwave absorption properties of the composites were evaluated via X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) and vector network analyzer (VNA) methods. CST studio software was employed to simulate the microwave absorption characteristics of double-layer absorbers. Moreover, the effects of changing matching and absorbing layer thickness (3 mm in total) and filler loading (10, 20 and 30 wt%) of the as-prepared composite on the microwave absorption properties were investigated. According to the results, maximum RL value for single layer absorber with 20 wt% filler loading can reach −11.5 dB at 9.7 GHz with 3 mm thickness and 0.4 GHz bandwidth. In contrast, double-layered absorber using 10 wt% of the composite in the upper layer (as matching layer) and 30 wt% of the composite in lower layer (as absorbing layer) can increase the reflection loss and absorption bandwidth values to −15.5 dB and 1 GHz respectively. Improving in absorption characteristics can be attributed to coupling interactions, impedance matching and multiple scattering. The main advantages of the prepared double layer absorber than single layer absorber are tuning the intensity and effective absorption bandwidth by adjusting the layer order, thickness and filler loading of each layer which shown good potential for practical application. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l
  6. Keywords:
  7. Bandwidth ; Electric network analyzers ; Field emission microscopes ; Fillers ; Iron ; Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCN) ; Scanning electron microscopy ; Sol-gel process ; Sol-gels ; BaTiO$-3$ ; Double-layer absorbers ; Filler loading ; Magnetic nanocomposites ; Microwave absorption ; Microwave absorption characteristics ; Multi-walled-carbon-nanotubes ; MWCNT's ; Single layer ; Single layer absorber ; Microwaves
  8. Source: Ceramics International ; Volume 47, Issue 14 , 2021 , Pages 19538-19545 ; 02728842 (ISSN)
  9. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272884221009986