Large-scale synthesis of nitrogen doped graphene/carbon nanotube composites by solid-state pyrolysis of nickel phthalocyanine and its synergistic effect for microwave absorption properties

Abstract

Here a hydrogen-free, solid-pyrolysis of nickel phthalocyanine was developed to produce graphene/carbon nanotube composites doped with 3 ~ 5 at% nitrogen atoms. By changing the nickel ion content in the organometallic precursors, the carbon nanotubes with bamboo-like morphologies, uniformly dispersed on the graphene sheet were obtained in a controlled fashion. The graphene/carbon nanotube composites exhibited a synergistic effect for the microwave absorption properties. A broad absorption bandwidth (RL < − 10 dB) of 5.1 GHz (12.9 ~ 18.0 GHz) was achieved with the thickness of 1.5 mm.