Carbon fibers reinforced Si 3 N 4 composites with SiC nanofiber interphase (C f / SiCNFs/Si 3 N 4) were prepared by combining catalysis chemical vapor deposition and gel-casting process. Microstructures, mechanical properties, and electromagnetic wave absorption properties within X-band at 25°C-800°C of C f /SiCNFs/Si 3 N 4 composites were investigated. Results show that SiC nanofibers are combined well with Si 3 N 4 matrix and carbon fibers, the fracture toughness is thus increased more than double from 3.51 MPa•m 1/2 of the Si 3 N 4 ceramic to 7.23 MPa•m 1/2 of the asprepared composites. As the temperature increases from 25°C to 800°C, C f /SiCNFs/ Si 3 N 4 composites show a temperature-dependent complex permittivity, attenuation constant, and impedance. The relatively high attenuation capability of C f /SiCNFs/ Si 3 N 4 composites at elevated temperature results in a great minimum reflection loss of −20.3 dB at 800°C with a thin thickness of 2.0 mm. The superior electromagnetic wave absorption performance mainly originates from conductive loss, multi-reflection, and strong polarization formed by the combined effects of carbon fibers and SiC nanofibers. K E Y W O R D S C f /SiCNFs absorbers, high-temperature electromagnetic wave absorption, mechanical properties, Si 3 N 4 ceramics How to cite this article: Zhou W, Li Y, Long L, Luo H, Wang Y. High-temperature electromagnetic wave absorption properties of C f /SiCNFs/Si 3 N 4 composites. J