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Investigation on microwave absorption characteristics of ternary MWCNTs/CoFe2O4/FeCo nanocomposite coated with conductive PEDOT-Polyaniline Co-polymers

Cao, Y ; Sharif University of Technology | 2021

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2021.01.073
  3. Publisher: Elsevier Ltd , 2021
  4. Abstract:
  5. In this study, ternary MWCNTs/CoFe2O4/FeCo nanocomposite coated with conductive PEDOT-polyaniline (PA@MW/F/C) co-polymers were synthesized by microwave-assisted sol-gel followed in-situ polymerization methods. The phases, crystal structures, morphologies, magnetic and electromagnetic features of the as-prepared samples were identified via XRD, SEM, XPS, VSM, and VNA respectively. Absorption characteristics were investigated in the frequency (12–18 GHz) Ku band. XRD, VSM and SEM analysis confirmed the partial reduction process of CoFe2O4 and successfully decorated magneto-dielectric particles with co-polymers. By measuring electromagnetic features of the samples, it was found that coating magneto-dielectric particles with conductive co-polymers improved the permittivity and dielectric constant, accordingly affecting the impedance matching characteristic and attenuation constant performance. Moreover, exchange coupling behavior was found significant impacts on the microwave absorption properties. PA@MW/F/C coated nanocomposite revealed the maximum reflection loss of −90 dB at 13.8 GHz with 4 GHz effective bandwidth and 1.5 mm thickness. Due to the enhanced interfacial polarization, impedance matching and exchange coupling effects of the as-prepared nanocomposite, it owns excellent microwave absorption properties, which can be applied as an absorber with distinguishing features (strong absorption, thin thickness, and broadest effective bandwidth). © 2021 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l
  6. Keywords:
  7. Bandwidth ; Dielectric properties ; Exchange coupling ; Impedance matching (electric) ; Iron compounds ; Microwaves ; Nanocomposites ; Polyaniline ; Sol-gels ; X ray diffraction ; Absorption characteristics ; Attenuation constants ; Effective bandwidth ; Exchange coupling effects ; In-situ polymerization ; Interfacial polarization ; Microwave absorption characteristics ; Microwave absorption properties ; Plastic coatings
  8. Source: Ceramics International ; Volume 47, Issue 9 , 2021 , Pages 12244-12251 ; 02728842 (ISSN)
  9. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027288422100095X