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Construction of Ni-based alloys decorated sucrose-derived carbon hybrid towards: effective microwave absorption application

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High efficiency and broad bandwidth wave absorption materials are urgent need in daily life for human health. Carbon material (graphene, etc.) is widely used in electromagnetic wave (EMW) absorption field for light weight, high surface area, and excellent electrical conductivity. However, the immoderate conductivity of the carbon will also cause the impedance mismatch and need more consideration. We have synthesized sucrose-derived carbon-based hybrid absorbers, and a series of Ni-based alloys (Ni, Fe–Ni, Co–Ni) are decorated on the surface of the carbon. Consequently, the Ni/C composite shows a maximum attenuation constant, and an ultra-broad wide effective bandwidth of 6.24 GHz with an optimal reflection loss (RL) value of − 20.5 dB located at thickness of only 1.7 mm. The Co–Ni/C composite has an improved impedance matching level, and shows the optimal RL of − 34.3 dB located at a thickness of 3.3 mm with an effective bandwidth of 4.24 GHz. The Fe–Ni/C composite shows an optimal RL among all the samples of − 42.3 dB located at a thickness of 5.7 mm with the effective bandwidth of 2.8 GHz. The Ni-based alloys decorated sucrose-derived carbon hybrid can be a proper candidate for microwave absorption as its light-weight outstanding EMW absorption property.

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The authors are grateful to the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant nos. 51302051 and 51872058), the Key Research and Development Program of Shandong Province (Nos. 2018JMRH0107 and 2019JMRH0402), Natural Science Foundation of Shandong (ZR2012EMQ 007), and Weihai supporting project for their financial support.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai), Weihai, 264209, People’s Republic of China

    Xulei Wu & Huatao Wang

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai, 2 West Wenhua Road, Weihai, 264209, People’s Republic of China

    Xulei Wu, Kang Liu, Bojun Zheng, Feng Gao, Kun Qian, Yuanyuan Ma, Yuming Feng, Peng Zhang & Huatao Wang

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    Xulei Wu, Kang Liu & Lu Chen

  4. School of Material Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University of Sciences andTechnology, , Zhenjiang, 212001, People’s Republic of China

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Wu, X., Liu, K., Ding, J. et al. Construction of Ni-based alloys decorated sucrose-derived carbon hybrid towards: effective microwave absorption application. Adv Compos Hybrid Mater 5, 2260–2270 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42114-021-00383-1

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