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Journal of Advanced Ceramics 2023, 12(11): 2101-2111 https://doi.org/10.26599/JAC.2023.9220812
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From binary to ternary and back to binary: Transition of electromagnetic wave shielding to absorption among MAB phase Ni3ZnB2 and corresponding binary borides Nin+1Bn (n = 1, 3)

Show Author's Information Chengwen Wua,  Fan Zhanga,b,  Qin Zhia,  Bo Songa( ),  Yongqiang Chena,  Hailong Wanga,  Rui Zhanga,c,  Hongxia Lia,d,  Bingbing Fana( )
School of Material Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Henan Vocational College of Information and Statistics, Zhengzhou 450008, China
School of Material Science and Engineering, Luoyang Institute of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Refractories, Sinosteel Luoyang Institute of Refractories Research Co., Ltd., Luoyang 471039, China
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electromagnetic wave absorbing properties, nickel borides, Ni3ZnB2, electromagnetic wave (EMW) shielding properties
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Wu C, Zhang F, Zhi Q, et al. From binary to ternary and back to binary: Transition of electromagnetic wave shielding to absorption among MAB phase Ni3ZnB2 and corresponding binary borides Nin+1Bn (n = 1, 3). Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2023, 12(11): 2101-2111. https://doi.org/10.26599/JAC.2023.9220812
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Due to chemical inertness of nickel and boron, the preparation of nickel borides and corresponding layered ternary transition metal borides Ni3ZnB2 (MAB phase) has always required high-temperature and/or high-pressure conditions. Yet, an innovative and efficient approach to preparing Ni3ZnB2 at only 600 ℃ and without applied pressure is presented in this study. It is discovered that by simply adjusting the temperature, a phase transition from Ni3ZnB2 to Ni4B3 with a layered structure could be induced. This transition between the binary-component and the ternary-component brings about significant variation in electromagnetic wave (EMW) shielding/absorption performance of prepared borides. For instance, Ni2B has good EMW shielding performance (42.54 dB in X band) and Ni3ZnB2 is of weak EMW shielding (13.43 dB in X band); Ni3ZnB2 has poor EMW absorption performance (−5 dB) while Ni4B3 has excellent EMW absorption performance (−45.19 dB) at a thickness of 2.7 mm with effective absorption bandwidth (10.4 GHz).


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From binary to ternary and back to binary: Transition of electromagnetic wave shielding to absorption among MAB phase Ni3ZnB2 and corresponding binary borides Nin+1Bn (n = 1, 3)

Show Author's information Chengwen Wua, Fan Zhanga,b, Qin Zhia, Bo Songa( ), Yongqiang Chena, Hailong Wanga, Rui Zhanga,c, Hongxia Lia,d, Bingbing Fana( )
School of Material Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Henan Vocational College of Information and Statistics, Zhengzhou 450008, China
School of Material Science and Engineering, Luoyang Institute of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Refractories, Sinosteel Luoyang Institute of Refractories Research Co., Ltd., Luoyang 471039, China

Abstract

Due to chemical inertness of nickel and boron, the preparation of nickel borides and corresponding layered ternary transition metal borides Ni3ZnB2 (MAB phase) has always required high-temperature and/or high-pressure conditions. Yet, an innovative and efficient approach to preparing Ni3ZnB2 at only 600 ℃ and without applied pressure is presented in this study. It is discovered that by simply adjusting the temperature, a phase transition from Ni3ZnB2 to Ni4B3 with a layered structure could be induced. This transition between the binary-component and the ternary-component brings about significant variation in electromagnetic wave (EMW) shielding/absorption performance of prepared borides. For instance, Ni2B has good EMW shielding performance (42.54 dB in X band) and Ni3ZnB2 is of weak EMW shielding (13.43 dB in X band); Ni3ZnB2 has poor EMW absorption performance (−5 dB) while Ni4B3 has excellent EMW absorption performance (−45.19 dB) at a thickness of 2.7 mm with effective absorption bandwidth (10.4 GHz).

Keywords: electromagnetic wave absorbing properties, nickel borides, Ni3ZnB2, electromagnetic wave (EMW) shielding properties

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Received: 05 August 2023
Revised: 05 September 2023
Accepted: 29 September 2023
Published: 27 November 2023
Issue date: November 2023

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. U2004177), Henan Province Key Research Project for Higher Education Institutions (No. 23B430017), the Outstanding Youth Fund of Henan Province (No. 212300410081), and the Science and Technology Innovation Talents in Universities of Henan Province (CN) (No. 22HASTIT001). Bingbing Fan also acknowledged the financial support from the Research and Entrepreneurship Start-up Projects for Overseas Returned Talents.

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