Interface and magnetic-dielectric synergy strategy to develop Fe3O4-Fe2CO3/multi-walled carbon nanotubes/reduced graphene oxide mixed-dimensional multicomponent nanocomposites for microwave absorption

Abstract

Interfacial and/or magnetic-dielectric synergistic effects are important avenues to boost microwave absorption properties. In order to simultaneously utilize these effects, we elaborately designed mixed-dimensional Fe3O4-FeCO3/multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)/reduced graphene oxide (RGO) multicomponent nanocomposites (MCNCs) in large scale via a facile process of hydrothermal and freeze-drying. The microstructural investigation revealed that two-dimensional RGO, one-dimensional MWCNTs and zero-dimensional Fe3O4-FeCO3 nanoparticles were well bounded to generate the typical mixed-dimensional structure. By controlling the amounts of initial reactants, the Fe3O4-FeCO3/MWCNTs/RGO MCNCs displayed improved impedance matching features, polarization and conduction loss abilities, which lead to the evidently improved electromagnetic absorption properties. The Fe3O4-FeCO3/MWCNTs/RGO MCNCs simultaneously exhibited excellent absorption ability, large absorption bandwidth, low density and thin matching thickness. Generally, this work not only proposed an effective route to make the best of magnetic-dielectric synergy and interfacial strategy for exploiting novel microwave absorption materials, but also presented a simple approach to synthesize magnetic MWCNTs/RGO-based mixed-dimensional MCNCs.