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Vol. 16 (2024)

Interface Engineering of Titanium Nitride Nanotube Composites for Excellent Microwave Absorption at Elevated Temperature

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-024-01381-w
Cuiping Li
College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, People’s Republic of China
Dan Li
College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, People’s Republic of China
Shuai Zhang
National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Applied Technology of Hybrid Nanomaterials, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, People’s Republic of China
Long Ma
College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, People’s Republic of China
Lei Zhang
College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, People’s Republic of China
Jingwei Zhang
National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Applied Technology of Hybrid Nanomaterials, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, People’s Republic of China
Chunhong Gong
College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Chunhong Gong

gong@henu.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 16 (2024), Article Number: 168

Abstract

Currently, the microwave absorbers usually suffer dreadful electromagnetic wave absorption (EMWA) performance damping at elevated temperature due to impedance mismatching induced by increased conduction loss. Consequently, the development of high-performance EMWA materials with good impedance matching and strong loss ability in wide temperature spectrum has emerged as a top priority. Herein, due to the high melting point, good electrical conductivity, excellent environmental stability, EM coupling effect, and abundant interfaces of titanium nitride (TiN) nanotubes, they were designed based on the controlling kinetic diffusion procedure and Ostwald ripening process. Benefiting from boosted heterogeneous interfaces between TiN nanotubes and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), enhanced polarization loss relaxations were created, which could not only improve the depletion efficiency of EMWA, but also contribute to the optimized impedance matching at elevated temperature. Therefore, the TiN nanotubes/PDMS composite showed excellent EMWA performances at varied temperature (298–573 K), while achieved an effective absorption bandwidth (EAB) value of 3.23 GHz and a minimum reflection loss (RLmin) value of − 44.15 dB at 423 K. This study not only clarifies the relationship between dielectric loss capacity (conduction loss and polarization loss) and temperature, but also breaks new ground for EM absorbers in wide temperature spectrum based on interface engineering.


Highlights:
1 The boosted heterogeneous interfaces in titanium nitride (TiN) nanotube/polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) composite contributed to strong polarization loss relaxation ability.
2 The TiN nanotubes/PDMS composite possessed both good impedance matching behavior and strong dielectric loss ability in wide temperature spectrum.
3 The TiN nanotubes/PDMS composite exhibited excellent EMWA performances (effective absorption bandwidth value of 3.23 GHz and minimum reflection loss value of − 44.15 dB) at the varied temperature from 298 to 573 K.

Keywords

TiN nanotubes Interface engineering Polarization loss Impedance matching Electromagnetic wave absorption performance
Li, Cuiping, Dan Li, Shuai Zhang, Long Ma, Lei Zhang, Jingwei Zhang, and Chunhong Gong. 2024. “Interface Engineering of Titanium Nitride Nanotube Composites for Excellent Microwave Absorption at Elevated Temperature”. Nano-Micro Letters 16 (April):168. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-024-01381-w.
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