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Vol. 13 (2021)

Three-Dimensional Ordered Mesoporous Carbon Spheres Modified with Ultrafine Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles for Enhanced Microwave Absorption Properties

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-021-00601-x
Yan Song
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Materials Laminating Fabrication and Interface Control Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, People’s Republic of China
Fuxing Yin
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Materials Laminating Fabrication and Interface Control Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, People’s Republic of China
Chengwei Zhang
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Materials Laminating Fabrication and Interface Control Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, People’s Republic of China
Weibing Guo
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Materials Laminating Fabrication and Interface Control Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, People’s Republic of China
Liying Han
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Materials Laminating Fabrication and Interface Control Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, People’s Republic of China
Ye Yuan
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Materials Laminating Fabrication and Interface Control Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Ye Yuan

yuanyewins@hotmail.com

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 13 (2021), Article Number: 76

Abstract

Currently, electromagnetic radiation and interference have a significant effect on the operation of electronic devices and human health systems. Thus, developing excellent microwave absorbers have a huge significance in the material research field. Herein, a kind of ultrafine zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (NPs) supported on three-dimensional (3D) ordered mesoporous carbon spheres (ZnO/OMCS) is prepared from silica inverse opal by using phenolic resol precursor as carbon source. The prepared lightweight ZnO/OMCS nanocomposites exhibit 3D ordered carbon sphere array and highly dispersed ultrafine ZnO NPs on the mesoporous cell walls of carbon spheres. ZnO/OMCS-30 shows microwave absorbing ability with a strong absorption (− 39.3 dB at 10.4 GHz with a small thickness of 2 mm) and a broad effective absorption bandwidth (9.1 GHz). The outstanding microwave absorbing ability benefits to the well-dispersed ultrafine ZnO NPs and the 3D ordered mesoporous carbon spheres structure. This work opened up a unique way for developing lightweight and high-efficient carbon-based microwave absorbing materials.


Highlights:


1 Three-dimensional ordered mesoporous carbon spheres modified with ultrafine zinc oxide nanoparticles are successfully prepared.
2 The microwave absorbing performance of zinc oxide/carbon nanocomposites can be controlled through regulating ratio of zinc oxide nanoparticles.
3 Electromagnetic simulation of radar cross section on a complicated groove structure demonstrates the microwave absorbing ability of the carbon based nanocomposites.

Keywords

Three-dimensional ordered structure Mesoporous carbon spheres Zinc oxide nanoparticles Microwave absorption
Song, Yan, Fuxing Yin, Chengwei Zhang, Weibing Guo, Liying Han, and Ye Yuan. 2021. “Three-Dimensional Ordered Mesoporous Carbon Spheres Modified With Ultrafine Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles for Enhanced Microwave Absorption Properties”. Nano-Micro Letters 13 (February):76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-021-00601-x.
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