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Flaky FeSiAl powders with high permeability towards broadband microwave absorption through tuning aspect ratio

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Optimizing aspect ratio of flaky powder plays a crucial role in improving broadband microwave absorption performance. Herein, the aspect ratio of flaky FeSiAl powder has been successfully controlled through changing the ball-powder ratio. And with the increment of ball-powder ratio, the aspect ratio of flaky FeSiAl powder basically increases until the ball-powder ratio is higher than 20:1. It is also proved that annealing can effectively increase crystallinity, release internal stress, and promote crystal growth. Due to variable aspect ratio, flaky FeSiAl powders show different electromagnetic properties. In MHz range, the permeability increases with the aspect ratio of the flaky FeSiAl. In GHz range, higher aspect ratio would lead to higher permittivity, which should be ascribed to increased conductivity and enhanced polarization. Meanwhile, moderate aspect ratio results in strongest magnetic loss at lower frequency and low aspect ratio brings about strongest magnetic loss at higher frequency. Although attenuation capability of FeSiAl powders would be enhanced with large aspect ratio, their impedance matching performance would also gradually deteriorate. Consequently, only appropriate aspect ratio can give rise to promising microwave absorption performance. In this work, flake FeSiAl powder with a proper aspect ratio of ~ 3:1 exhibits a broad effective absorption bandwidth of 6.08 GHz at 2.15 mm. This work may provide novel reference for the synthesis and application of flaky metallic powders as broadband microwave absorbing material.

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This work was supported by the Major Project of Science and Technology Innovation 2025 in Ningbo City, China (No. 2020Z062), the Huaian Key Research & Development Plan (No. HAG 202114) and Grant Project of Shenzhen Microgate Technology Co. Ltd (2021–2024).

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  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials and Devices, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, 230009, People’s Republic of China

    Zhi Cao, Wei Liu, Mengran Li, Xu Zhu, Hailin Su & Xuebin Zhang

  2. Engineering Research Center of High Performance Copper Alloy Materials and Processing, Ministry of Education, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, 230009, People’s Republic of China

    Zhi Cao, Wei Liu, Mengran Li, Xu Zhu, Hailin Su & Xuebin Zhang

  3. Huaian Engineering Research Center of Soft Magnetic Powder Cores and Devices, Jiangsu Red Magnetic Materials Incorporation, Huaian, 211700, People’s Republic of China

    Wei Liu, Hailin Su & Xuebin Zhang

  4. Anhui Red Magneto-electric Technology Co., Ltd, Wuhu, 241002, People’s Republic of China

    Wei Liu, Hailin Su & Xuebin Zhang

  5. Robotics Institute, Ningbo University of Technology, Ningbo, 315211, People’s Republic of China

    Jinzhi Wang

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Conceptualization and methodology were proposed by HS, WL and ZC. Material preparation and data collection were performed by ZC, ML, XZ, JW and XZ. The first draft and review of the manuscript were completed by ZC, WL, HS and XZ. All authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Cao, Z., Liu, W., Li, M. et al. Flaky FeSiAl powders with high permeability towards broadband microwave absorption through tuning aspect ratio. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 1249 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-10668-4

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