Constructing angular conical FeSiAl/SiO2 composites with corrosion resistance for ultra-broadband microwave absorption

Nowadays, the scholars have studied many microwave absorbing materials (MAM) to solve the increasingly serious electromagnetic wave pollution, however, most of MAM are difficult to achieve the ultra-broad band absorption. In this work, we explored the practical applications of the inexpensive FeSiAl (FSA) by using the efficient electromagnetic simulation software, the Computer Simulation Technology (CST). Specifically, FeSiAl/silicon dioxide (FSA/SiO2) microwave absorbers were successfully prepared by a simple stirring method. The obtained FSA/SiO2 samples achieved a reflection loss (RL) of - 46.6 dB at 9.71 GHz. In addition, a quadrilateral cone model was established by the CST, and the influence of angular cone parameters on absorption performance was investigated in detail through electromagnetic simulation. It is found that the model exhibited extraordinary absorption ability and the effective absorption bandwidth (EAB) reached 16.3 GHz covering 2-18 GHz when the height (H), thickness (t), length (L) were set as 1.9 cm, 0.2 cm, 1 cm, respectively. This work may solve the shortcoming of the narrow absorption band of the absorption powders. (C) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Researchers explored the practical applications of FeSiAl (FSA) for microwave absorption and successfully prepared FSA/SiO2 microwave absorbers with wide absorption bandwidth and high absorption performance. A quadrilateral cone model was established by CST to investigate the impact of cone parameters on absorption performance.