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Microwave absorption characteristics of CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite/carbon nanotube composites

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The CH3NH3PbI3 (MAPbI3) and CH3NH3PbI3/carbon nanotube (MC) composite have been successfully synthesized by a facile in situ solution method, which are investigated as the microwave absorption materials. For the MAPbI3 particles, the minimum reflection loss is only −4.9 dB around 16.4 GHz due to the poor relative complex permittivity. Then, the relative complex permittivity of MC composites could be adjusted by changing the mass fraction of CNTs in composite, which is a vital role for the dielectric loss. The reflection loss of MC-5 composite (MAPbI3/CNT, 5:1 wt%) can be improved to −35.7 dB with thickness of 1.3 mm at 13.1 GHz. When the thickness is <3.0 mm, the microwave absorption bandwidth of MC-5 is 11.8 GHz (5.0–16.8 GHz) under the reflection loss lower than −20 dB. The quarter-wavelength (λ/4) matching model is used to discuss the microwave absorption mechanism of MC composites. These results indicate that MC-5 composite could be used as the microwave absorption materials with strong reflection loss, lightweight and broad bandwidth.

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Acknowledgements

This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51571172, 51271214, 51571171, 51672240, 11404280), Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of Hebei Province (E2017203095), Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (Grant No. E2014203144, A2015203337), Science Foundation for the Excellent Youth Scholars from Universities and Colleges of Hebei Province (YQ2014009), Research Program of the College Science and Technology of Hebei Province (ZD2017083, QN2014047), Graduate Innovation Fund (CXZZSS2017055, 2017XJSS044).

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    Can Zhang, Jianyong Xiang, Bochong Wang, Fusheng Wen, Cong Wang & Zhongyuan Liu

  2. Hebei Key Laboratory of Microstructure Material Physics, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, People’s Republic of China

    Congpu Mu & Jiefang Song

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Zhang, C., Mu, C., Xiang, J. et al. Microwave absorption characteristics of CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite/carbon nanotube composites. J Mater Sci 52, 13023–13032 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-017-1426-6

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