Role of in-situ formed free carbon on electromagnetic absorption properties of polymer-derived SiC ceramics

Abstract

In order to enhance dielectric properties of polymer-derived SiC ceramics, a novel single-source-precursor was synthesized by the reaction of an allylhydrido polycarbosilane (AHPCS) and divinyl benzene (DVB) to form carbon-rich SiC. As expected, the free carbon contents of resultant SiC ceramics annealed at 1600 °C are significantly enhanced from 6.62 wt% to 44.67 wt%. After annealing at 900–1600 °C, the obtained carbon-rich SiC ceramics undergo phase separation from amorphous to crystalline feature where superfine SiC nanocrystals and turbostratic carbon networks are dispersed in an amorphous SiC(O) matrix. The dielectric properties and electromagnetic (EM) absorption performance of as-synthesized carbon-rich SiC ceramics are significantly improved by increasing the structural order and content of free carbon. For the 1600 °C ceramics mixed with paraffin wax, the minimum reflection coefficient (RCmin) reaches –56.8 dB at 15.2 GHz with the thickness of 1.51 mm and a relatively broad effective bandwidth (the bandwidth of RC values lower than –10 dB) of 4.43 GHz, indicating the excellent EM absorption performance. The carbon-rich SiC ceramics have to be considered as harsh environmental EM absorbers with excellent chemical stability, high temperature, and oxidation and corrosion resistance.

High-thermally conductive AlN-based microwave attenuating composite ceramics with spherical graphite as attenuating agent

“…The microwave absorption property of material is usually characterized by the reflection loss (RL), which is expressed according to Eq. ( 9) [68,69]:…”

“…where Z 0 is the impedance in free space, and Z in is the incident impedance of the material surface, which can be obtained from Eq. (10) [68,69]:…”

High-thermally conductive AlN-based microwave attenuating composite ceramics with spherical graphite as attenuating agent

“…The microwave absorption property of material is usually characterized by the reflection loss (RL), which is expressed according to Equation (9) [68,69]:…”

SiC-Coated Carbon Nanotubes with Enhanced Oxidation Resistance and Stable Dielectric Properties

“…In recent years, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), firstly discovered by Iijima in 1991, have become the most attractive absorbing material in terms of wide band and having a considerable microwave absorption capability due to its low density, high conductivity, large specific surface area, excellent mechanical properties, and unique EM characteristics [ 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 ]. However, CNTs are easily oxidized at high temperature, which has limited the practical application of CNTs in the field of high-temperature EM waves absorption [ 18 , 19 ].…”