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In situ growth of nanocarbon-coated Ni particles by PECVD for enhanced microwave absorption

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Heterogeneous interfaces are of particular interest for developing highly efficient microwave absorbing materials. In this work, nanocarbon layer was in situ grown on the surface of Ni particles by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), which created heterogeneous interfaces between nanocarbon materials and Ni particles via physical interactions. The defects of nanocarbon layer could be controlled by changing the mixture of reaction gas, resulting in tunable permittivity. Significant enhancement of microwave absorbing performance was obtained for the nanocarbon-coated Ni composites due to the enhanced impedance matching and polarization relaxations. The percentage bandwidths with reflection loss ≤  − 10 dB for the nanocarbon-coated composites were considerably larger than that for the original composite at any specified thickness in the range of 1.50 ∼ 5.00 mm. Quantitative loss analysis revealed that the energy dissipations of nanocarbon-coated composites originated from synergistic magnetic and dielectric losses, where dielectric loss was even predominate in high-frequency region. It is expected that the current method would provide an effective way for the optimal design of microwave absorbing materials.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61901430) and the Science & Technology Innovation Fund of AVIC MTI (No. 911905144).

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    Lei Zhou, Lu Gao, Ming Yang & Guoke Wei

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Zhou, L., Gao, L., Yang, M. et al. In situ growth of nanocarbon-coated Ni particles by PECVD for enhanced microwave absorption. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 16306–16319 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-08523-z

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