Abstract
Ordered mesoporous carbon (OMC) is considered to be a prospective carbon-based material for microwave absorption because of its abundant well-ordered mesoporous structures, high specific surface area, numerous active sites, and facile preparation process. However, its development has been seriously hindered by its poor impedance-matching characteristic. Herein, silica-modified OMC composites with a designable impedance-matching transition layer are successfully fabricated via a self-assembly method and succeeding calcination treatment. In addition, the silica in OMC@SiO2 composites can maintain the mesoporous structure, which facilitates the scattering and reflection of microwaves in the tunnel structure. The as-prepared sample OMC-5@SiO2 exhibits a minimum reflection loss (RL) value of -40.7 dB at 10.8 GHz with 2 mm and an effective absorption bandwidth (RL ≤ -10 dB) of 4.8 GHz with a thinner absorber thickness of 1.5 mm. We believe that the as-prepared OMC@SiO2 composites can be prospective candidates as high-efficiency and lightweight microwave absorbers.
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