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Tunable Broadband TiO2@TiC Composites by In Situ Surface Oxidation for Electromagnetic Wave Absorption

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Titanium carbide (TiC) exhibits excellent chemical stability and high electrical conductivity, making it suitable for composites with unique structures and exceptional absorption abilities. In this work, TiO2@TiC composites with varied morphology were synthesized by oxidizing TiC at 400°C, for various durations. With the increase of oxidation time, small white TiO2 particles grew in situ on the surface of TiC particles, ultimately leading to the formation of a continuous structure in which TiO2 covered the surface of the TiC particles. These results indicate that the impedance matching and electromagnetic wave (EMW) absorption properties of TiO2@TiC composites can be modified by adjusting the oxidation time. The minimum reflection loss (RLmin) of the highly oxidized TiO2@TiC composite (TO-4 sample) reached −16.2 dB at a thickness of 2.9 mm. When the thickness was increased from 1.2 mm to 4.7 mm, the composites achieved the broadest effective absorption bandwidth of 13 GHz (from 5 to 18 GHz). These enhanced EMW absorption properties can be ascribed to the presence of defects, pores, heterointerfaces, TiO2, and TiC within the composites, which induce dipole polarization loss, interface polarization loss, and conduction loss. This practical solution provides a method for preparing TiO2@TiC materials with EMW-absorbing properties using oxidation technology.

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This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2022YFC2204500) and the Aviation Science Foundation Project (No. 2023Z055053001).

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He, J., Tu, J., Xu, J. et al. Tunable Broadband TiO2@TiC Composites by In Situ Surface Oxidation for Electromagnetic Wave Absorption. J. Electron. Mater. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-024-11013-z

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