A novel Fe3C/graphitic carbon composite with electromagnetic wave absorption properties in the C-band

Buhe Bateer; Lei Wang; Lu Zhao; Peng Yu; Chungui Tian; Kai Pan; Honggang Fu

doi:10.1039/C5RA08623J

A novel Fe₃C/graphitic carbon composite with electromagnetic wave absorption properties in the C-band†

Buhe Bateer,^ab Lei Wang,*^a Lu Zhao,^a Peng Yu,^a Chungui Tian,^a Kai Pan^a and Honggang Fu*^a

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^a Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, 74 Xuefu Road, Nangang District, Harbin 150080, P. R. China
E-mail: fuhg@vip.sina.com, wanglei0525@126.com

^b College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Heilongjiang Institute of Technology, 999 Hongqi Street, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150050, P. R. China

Abstract

An electromagnetic (EM) wave absorber with characteristic absorption in the millimeter wave range is very important for the EM industry. Especially, absorption properties in the microwave frequency range C-band (4–8 GHz) are necessary in the field of military aircraft. Herein, a Fe₃C/graphitic carbon (Fe₃C/GC) composite has been synthesized through a low-cost and facile ion-exchange route. The Fe₃C/GC could exhibit excellent EM wave absorption properties in the C-band with the frequency range of 4–8 GHz and also exhibits good dielectric loss, which could be attributed to the existence of lightweight GC in the composite. The reflection loss value of the Fe₃C/GC composite exceeds −10 dB in the frequency range of 4–8 GHz with an absorber thickness of 2–4 mm, implying its potential application as a lightweight EM wave absorber in the C-band region. Moreover, the Fe₃C/GC composite shows better electromagnetic wave absorption properties than other iron compound GC-based composites, such as Fe₂N/GC and Fe/GC.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA08623J
Article type: Paper
Submitted: 09 May 2015
Accepted: 07 Jul 2015
First published: 07 Jul 2015

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RSC Adv., 2015,5, 60135-60140

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A novel Fe₃C/graphitic carbon composite with electromagnetic wave absorption properties in the C-band

B. Bateer, L. Wang, L. Zhao, P. Yu, C. Tian, K. Pan and H. Fu, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 60135 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA08623J

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