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Yolk–shell structured Co-C/Void/Co9S8 composites with a tunable cavity for ultrabroadband and efficient low-frequency microwave absorption

Show Author's Information Xiaofang Liu1( ),  Chengcheng Hao1,  Lihua He1,2,  Cheng Yang2,  Yubin Chen2,  Chengbao Jiang1,  Ronghai Yu1
School of Materials Science and EngineeringBeihang UniversityBeijing100191China
Beijing Institute of Aeronautical MaterialsBeijing100095China
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microwave absorption, metal organic framework, yolk–shell structure, sulfide, broad bandwidth
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A yolk–shell structured Co-C/Void/Co9S8 ternary composite composed of a Co nanoparticle-embedded porous carbon core and Co9S8 shell was synthesized by the sulfidation of a Co-based zeolitic imidazolate framework and subsequent pyrolysis. The composition and interior cavity of the Co-C/Void/Co9S8 composite could be precisely modulated by controlling the sulfidation reaction. Due to the abundant heterointerfaces, well-controlled cavity, and magnetic–dielectric synergistic effects, the Co-C/Void/Co9S8 exhibited excellent and tunable microwave-absorbing properties. The optimized Co-C/Void/Co9S8, having a loading of 25 wt.% and thickness only 2.2 mm, displayed an ultrabroad absorption bandwidth of 8.2 GHz at high frequencies. Moreover, the composite could achieve an extremely high reflection loss of–54.02 dB at low frequencies by adjusting its loading to 30 wt.%. This study provides a new insight into promising lightweight microwave-absorbing materials with ultrabroad absorption bandwidths and strong low-frequency absorption.


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Yolk–shell structured Co-C/Void/Co9S8 composites with a tunable cavity for ultrabroadband and efficient low-frequency microwave absorption

Show Author's information Xiaofang Liu1( ), Chengcheng Hao1, Lihua He1,2, Cheng Yang2, Yubin Chen2, Chengbao Jiang1, Ronghai Yu1
School of Materials Science and EngineeringBeihang UniversityBeijing100191China
Beijing Institute of Aeronautical MaterialsBeijing100095China

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A yolk–shell structured Co-C/Void/Co9S8 ternary composite composed of a Co nanoparticle-embedded porous carbon core and Co9S8 shell was synthesized by the sulfidation of a Co-based zeolitic imidazolate framework and subsequent pyrolysis. The composition and interior cavity of the Co-C/Void/Co9S8 composite could be precisely modulated by controlling the sulfidation reaction. Due to the abundant heterointerfaces, well-controlled cavity, and magnetic–dielectric synergistic effects, the Co-C/Void/Co9S8 exhibited excellent and tunable microwave-absorbing properties. The optimized Co-C/Void/Co9S8, having a loading of 25 wt.% and thickness only 2.2 mm, displayed an ultrabroad absorption bandwidth of 8.2 GHz at high frequencies. Moreover, the composite could achieve an extremely high reflection loss of–54.02 dB at low frequencies by adjusting its loading to 30 wt.%. This study provides a new insight into promising lightweight microwave-absorbing materials with ultrabroad absorption bandwidths and strong low-frequency absorption.

Keywords: microwave absorption, metal organic framework, yolk–shell structure, sulfide, broad bandwidth

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Received: 04 November 2017
Revised: 03 January 2018
Accepted: 24 January 2018
Published: 12 February 2018
Issue date: August 2018

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This work was financially supported by the Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation (No. 2172031), Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Project (No. Z161100002116029), the Aeronautical Science Foundation of China (No. 2016ZF51049), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51671010 and 51731002), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.

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