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Facile Synthesis of Carbon-Encapsulated Ni Nanoparticles Embedded into Porous Graphite Sheets as High-Performance Microwave Absorber

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ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING
Volume 6, Issue 12, Pages 16179-16185

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b02944

Keywords

Nickel particles; Porous carbon; Reflection loss; Microwave absorption; Quarter-wavelength matching model

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [51571172, 51732010, 51571171]
  2. Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of Hebei Province [E2017203095]
  3. Natural Science Foundation for Excellent Young Scholars of Hebei Province [E2018203380]

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The Ni@C nanohybrids were prepared by a unique and efficient method of annealing the organic carbon compound and metal nitrate. Morphology detection demonstrated the Ni nanoparticles were uniformly encapsulated into the carbon network. The microwave absorption of 10 wt % Ni@C nanohybrids with paraffin matrix was measured over the range of 1-18 GHz. The complex permittivity was adjusted by changing the carbon proportions because of the superior conductivity of graphite. The minimum reflection loss (RL) value of -56 dB was obtained at 15.8 GHz with a thickness of 1.8 mm and the effective absorption bandwidth (RL <= -10 dB) was 5.4 GHz. Therefore, the Ni@C nanohybrids have great potential to be utilized as a high-efficiency and lightweight microwave absorber.

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