Temperature regulated Fe3Si@SiC@carbon core-shell structure with high-performance microwave absorption

Abstract

Developing high-performance microwave absorbing materials (MAMs) to address the electromagnetic wave pollution is still a huge challenge. Multi-interface core-shell structure with magnetic and dielectric loss components have been attracting extensive attention as MAMs for the enhanced interfacial polarization and impedance matching. In this work, magnetic loss core and dielectric loss bi-shell structure Fe3Si@SiC@C (FSC) composite was synthesized through hydrothermal, self-polymerizing coating and high temperature thermolysis. The thermal treatment temperature has a great effect on the morphology structure and electromagnetic properties of FSC. The results indicated that the FSC exhibited an effective absorption bandwidth (EAB) of 4.24 GHz at a thickness of 1.4 mm, and an EAB of 12.4 GHz with the absorber thickness varied from 1 mm to 3 mm. Furthermore, the microwave attenuation mechanism of the FSC composite were investigated in detail. The integration of magnetic core with multiple dielectric shells provides a design deliberation and reference for further high-performance MAMs fabrication.