The present work
is focused on fabrication of reduced graphene
oxide/iron(II/III) oxide/polyaniline (RGO/Fe
3
O
4
/PANI) ternary composite by a hydrothermal method, its characterization,
and application in the development of a high microwave absorbing shielding
material. The RGO/Fe
3
O
4
/PANI composite showed
dramatic enhancement of dielectric loss and magnetic loss compared
to Fe
3
O
4
/PANI and RGO/Fe
3
O
4
binary composites. This is ascribed to the embedment of more heterostructure
phases. As a result, RGO/Fe
3
O
4
/PANI showed remarkably
high SE
T
(∼28 dB) through the absorption dominant
mechanism. Our findings also showed maximum
R
L
of Fe
3
O
4
/PANI, RGO/Fe
3
O
4
, and RGO/Fe
3
O
4
/PANI in the range of
2–8 GHz corresponding to −25 to −35, −40
to −46, and approximately −64 dB, respectively. This
is in all probability due to the good impedance matching between permittivity/permeability
and dielectric/magnetic losses.