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Synthesis and microwave absorption properties of graphene/nickel composite materials

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Graphene/nickel composite materials were successfully prepared via a one-step in situ reduction from nickel chloride, graphene oxide, and hydrazine at 80 °C for 3 h. Face-centered cubic Ni nanostructures with uniform size and high dispersion assembled on graphene sheets. Through the measurement of complex relative permittivity and permeability, their microwave absorption properties were evaluated. In comparison with pure Ni nanoparticles and graphene, the composite materials demonstrated much better characteristics of microwave absorption. The lowest reflection loss value of the composites with a thickness of 3 mm can reach −23.3 dB at 7.5 GHz. Our research reveals that graphene/Ni composites are promising microwave absorption materials with desirable absorption properties and reduced material weight.

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Acknowledgments

This work was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51172113 and 51373086), the International Science and Technology Cooperation Program of China (2014DFA60150), the Shandong Natural Science Foundation (JQ201118), the Taishan Overseas Scholar program from the Shandong Province Government, PR China, and the Qingdao Municipal Science and Technology Commission (12-1-4-136-hz). We thank to Jianhua Yu, Hongzhou Dong, Qianqian Zhu, and Dong Chen for their help in some experiments and helpful discussions.

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    Xiaoxia Wang & Lifeng Dong

  2. Shandong Institute of Nonmetal Materials, Jinan, 250031, China

    Mingxun Yu, Wei Zhang & Baoqin Zhang

  3. Department of Physics, Astronomy, and Materials Science, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, 65897, USA

    Lifeng Dong

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Wang, X., Yu, M., Zhang, W. et al. Synthesis and microwave absorption properties of graphene/nickel composite materials. Appl. Phys. A 118, 1053–1058 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-014-8873-6

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