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Electromagnetic wave absorption in reduced graphene oxide functionalized with Fe3O4/Fe nanorings

Show Author's Information Yi Ding1,  Long Zhang1,  Qingliang Liao1( ),  Guangjie Zhang1,  Shuo Liu1,  Yue Zhang1,2( )
State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and MaterialsSchool of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of Science and Technology BeijingBeijing100083China
Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of New Energy Materials and TechnologiesUniversity of Science and Technology BeijingBeijing100083China
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X-ray diffraction, Raman spectrum, hydrothermal method, reduced graphene oxide, Fe3O4/Fe nanorings
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Ding Y, Zhang L, Liao Q, et al. Electromagnetic wave absorption in reduced graphene oxide functionalized with Fe3O4/Fe nanorings. Nano Research, 2016, 9(7): 2018-2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-016-1092-z
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We report the preparation of nanocomposites of reduced graphene oxide with embedded Fe3O4/Fe nanorings (FeNR@rGO) by chemical hydrothermal growth. We illustrate the use of these nanocomposites as novel electromagnetic wave absorbing materials. The electromagnetic wave absorption properties of the nanocomposites with different compositions were investigated. The preparation procedure and nanocomposite composition were optimized to achieve the best electromagnetic wave absorption properties. Nanocomposites with a GO: α-Fe2O3 mass ratio of 1:1 prepared by annealing in H2/Ar for 3 h exhibited the best properties. This nanocomposite sample (thickness = 4.0 mm) showed a minimum reflectivity of–23.09 dB at 9.16 GHz. The band range was 7.4–11.3 GHz when the reflectivity was less than–10 dB and the spectrum width was up to 3.9 GHz. These figures of merit are typically of the same order of magnitude when compared to the values shown by traditional ferric oxide materials. However, FeNR@rGO can be readily applied as a microwave absorbing material because the production method we propose is highly compatible with mass production standards.


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Electromagnetic wave absorption in reduced graphene oxide functionalized with Fe3O4/Fe nanorings

Show Author's information Yi Ding1, Long Zhang1, Qingliang Liao1( ), Guangjie Zhang1, Shuo Liu1, Yue Zhang1,2( )
State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and MaterialsSchool of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of Science and Technology BeijingBeijing100083China
Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of New Energy Materials and TechnologiesUniversity of Science and Technology BeijingBeijing100083China

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We report the preparation of nanocomposites of reduced graphene oxide with embedded Fe3O4/Fe nanorings (FeNR@rGO) by chemical hydrothermal growth. We illustrate the use of these nanocomposites as novel electromagnetic wave absorbing materials. The electromagnetic wave absorption properties of the nanocomposites with different compositions were investigated. The preparation procedure and nanocomposite composition were optimized to achieve the best electromagnetic wave absorption properties. Nanocomposites with a GO: α-Fe2O3 mass ratio of 1:1 prepared by annealing in H2/Ar for 3 h exhibited the best properties. This nanocomposite sample (thickness = 4.0 mm) showed a minimum reflectivity of–23.09 dB at 9.16 GHz. The band range was 7.4–11.3 GHz when the reflectivity was less than–10 dB and the spectrum width was up to 3.9 GHz. These figures of merit are typically of the same order of magnitude when compared to the values shown by traditional ferric oxide materials. However, FeNR@rGO can be readily applied as a microwave absorbing material because the production method we propose is highly compatible with mass production standards.

Keywords: X-ray diffraction, Raman spectrum, hydrothermal method, reduced graphene oxide, Fe3O4/Fe nanorings

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Received: 20 January 2016
Revised: 29 March 2016
Accepted: 06 April 2016
Published: 05 May 2016
Issue date: July 2016

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© Tsinghua University Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2013CB932602), the Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities (No. B14003), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51527802, 51372020 and 51232001), Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission, Beijing Higher Education Young Elite Teacher Project (No. YETP0354), Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (No. NCET- 12-0777).

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