Electromagnetic (EM) wave absorption materials have attracted considerable attention because of EM wave pollution caused by the proliferation of electronic communication devices. One‐dimentional (1D) structural magnetic metals have potential as EM absorption materials. However, fabricating 1D core–shell bimetallic magnetic species is a significant challenge. Herein, 1D core–shell bimetallic magnetic chains are successfully prepared through a modified galvanic replacement reaction under an external magnetic field, which could facilitate the preparation of 1D core–shell noble magnetic chains. By delicately designing the orientation of bimetallic magnetic chains in polyvinylidene fluoride, the composites reveal the decreased complex permittivity and increased permeability compared with random counterparts. Thus, elevated EM wave absorption perfromances including an optimal reflection loss of −43.5 dB and an effective bandwidth of 7.3 GHz could be achieved for the oriented Cu@Co sample. Off‐axis electron holograms indicate that the augmented magnetic coupling and remarkable polarization loss primarily contribute to EM absorption in addition to the antenna effect of the 1D structure to scatter microwaves and ohmic loss of the metallic attribute. This work can serve a guide to construct 1D core–shell bimetallic magnetic nanostructures and design magnetic configuration in polymer to tune EM parameters and strengthen EM absorption properties.
Hierarchical magnetic-dielectric composites are promising functional materials with prospective applications in microwave absorption (MA) field. Herein, a three-dimension hierarchical “nanotubes on microrods,” core–shell magnetic metal–carbon composite is rationally constructed for the first time via a fast metal–organic frameworks-based ligand exchange strategy followed by a carbonization treatment with melamine. Abundant magnetic CoFe nanoparticles are embedded within one-dimensional graphitized carbon/carbon nanotubes supported on micro-scale Mo2N rod (Mo2N@CoFe@C/CNT), constructing a special multi-dimension hierarchical MA material. Ligand exchange reaction is found to determine the formation of hierarchical magnetic-dielectric composite, which is assembled by dielectric Mo2N as core and spatially dispersed CoFe nanoparticles within C/CNTs as shell. Mo2N@CoFe@C/CNT composites exhibit superior MA performance with maximum reflection loss of − 53.5 dB at 2 mm thickness and show a broad effective absorption bandwidth of 5.0 GHz. The Mo2N@CoFe@C/CNT composites hold the following advantages: (1) hierarchical core–shell structure offers plentiful of heterojunction interfaces and triggers interfacial polarization, (2) unique electronic migration/hop paths in the graphitized C/CNTs and Mo2N rod facilitate conductive loss, (3) highly dispersed magnetic CoFe nanoparticles within “tubes on rods” matrix build multi-scale magnetic coupling network and reinforce magnetic response capability, confirmed by the off-axis electron holography.
Hollow structures have attracted great attention based on the advantage to accommodate volume expansion. However, template removal usually results in structure destruction. Herein, dandelion-like Mn/Ni co-doped CoO/C hollow microspheres (CMNC-10h) are synthesized via an Ostwald ripening process without templates. The high-angle annular dark field mapping images at the atomic level indicate the successful doping of Mn and Ni into CoO. Via an annular bright field image, oxygen vacancies induced by doping can be clearly observed. The residual two electrons in the oxygen vacancy site are highly delocalized, as confirmed by density functional theory calculations, effectively improving electrical conductivity. According to electron holography analysis, the dielectric polarization field in superficial regions of primary nanoparticles can facilitate insertion of Li + ions into nanoparticles and thus enhance electrochemical kinetics. Combining those advantages, CMNC-10h demonstrates a high capacity of 1126 mAh g −1 at 1 A g −1 after 1000 cycles as anode material for a lithium-ion battery. Additionally, based on the strong adsorption toward polysulfide, the porous structure to accommodate sulfer/polysulfide, and the effects of oxygen vacancies to immobilize and catalyze polysulfide, CMNC-10h-S as cathode material for a lithium−sulfur battery also displays a high capacity of 642 mAh g −1 after 500 cycles at 1 C.
As
a typical 2D (two dimensional) material, Ti3C2T
x
, has been used as a promising microwave
absorber (MA) because of its massive interface architecture, abundant
natural defects, and chemical surface functional groups. However,
its single dielectric-type loss and excessive high conductivity seriously
restrict the further enhancement of MA performance. Herein, we first
describe a simple spray-drying routine to reshape the 2D MXene into
a confined and magnetized microsphere with tightly embedded Fe3O4 nanospheres (designated as M/F), contributing
to the enhanced specific interfaces and strong dielectric polarization.
These Fe3O4 magnetic units are highly dispersed
into the dielectric Mxene framework, leading to the optimized impedance
balance and electromagnetic coordination capability. This composite
way effectively exceeds the conventionally physical mixing, simple
loading, and local phase separation method. Meanwhile, strong magnetic
loss capability with significantly improved magnetic flux line density
is achieved from microscale MXene and nanoscale Fe3O4, confirming our 3D multiscale magnetic coupling network.
Accordingly, the M/F composites hold distinct microwave absorption
property with the strong reflection loss (−50.6 dB) and effective
absorption bandwidth (4.67 GHz) at the thickness as thin as only 2
mm. Our encouraging strategy provides important designable implications
for MXene-based functional materials and high-performance absorbers.
2D hierarchically laminated Fe3O4@NPC@rGO nanocomposites exhibited excellent electromagnetic absorption owing to their micro-scale 3D magnetic coupling network, hierarchical dielectric carbon network and superior impedance matching.
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