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Biomass-based carbon materials derived from Cyperus malaccensis Lam. var. brevifolius Bocklr with efficient microwave absorption performance

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Compared with chemically synthesized materials, biomass materials often exhibit unique intrinsic structures, which can be utilized through optimizing microstructures and activation process to furnish low-cost and efficient Microwave Absorption Materials. This research uses a common hydrophyte (Cyperus malaccensis Lam. var. brevifolius Bocklr) in South China as the raw material to fabricate carbon-based biomass-derived absorbers through one-step synthesis. The fabricated carbon materials show efficient Microwave Absorption (MA) performance with minimum reflection loss (RLmin) of − 26.0 dB at 11.9 GHz from the sample pyrolyzed at 700 °C under the thickness of only 2 mm and wide effective absorption bandwidth of 4.6 GHz (11.6–16.2 GHz) from the sample annealed at 600 °C. Moreover, the effective MA bandwidth can cover the entire C to Ku band by tuning the thickness. A balance of dielectric loss mechanism and impedance matching is the reason why this biomass carbon-based absorber exhibits excellent MA performance. The results show that this biomass carbon has great potential to be low-cost, green and efficient carbon-based microwave absorbers.

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YL, JH and AX designed the research; YL performed the experiment; YL and YD performed the data processing; BL and SC did the photographing of Cyperus malaccensis Lam. var. brevifolius Bocklr and the pyrolyzed samples.

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Liu, Y., Deng, Y., Xie, A. et al. Biomass-based carbon materials derived from Cyperus malaccensis Lam. var. brevifolius Bocklr with efficient microwave absorption performance. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 26202–26212 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-07055-2

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