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Low-temperature synthesis and microwave absorbing properties of Mn3O4–graphene nanocomposite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 September 2018

Huifang Pang ,
Yuping Duan ,
Jia Liu  and
Bin Zhang
Huifang Pang
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Solidification Control and Digital Preparation Technology (Liaoning Province), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116085, People’s Republic of China; and Department of Mechanical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L7, Canada
Yuping Duan*
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Solidification Control and Digital Preparation Technology (Liaoning Province), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116085, People’s Republic of China
Jia Liu
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Solidification Control and Digital Preparation Technology (Liaoning Province), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116085, People’s Republic of China
Bin Zhang
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Solidification Control and Digital Preparation Technology (Liaoning Province), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116085, People’s Republic of China
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: duanyp@dlut.edu.cn
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Abstract

A low-temperature synthesis method for Mn3O4/graphene is described in this research. Adjusting the reaction time and temperature allows control over the phase and morphology of the synthesized manganese oxide, and therefore the microwave absorbing properties. X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and vector network analysis are used to characterize the phase, morphology, and electromagnetic properties. The results reveal that long reaction time can increase the particle size and high temperature can destroy the initial structure of graphene both of which have negative impact on the microwave absorbing properties. The Mn3O4–graphene composite synthesized in 140 °C for 4 h shows a maximum reflection loss (RL) reaching −20 dB at 14.4 GHz with absorber thickness of 2 mm, as well as an effective absorption bandwidth of more than 5 dB corresponding to RL below −10 dB.

Keywords

microwave absorptionmanganese oxidereflection lossgraphenenanocomposite
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 33 , Issue 23 , 14 December 2018 , pp. 4062 - 4070
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2018 

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