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Low-temperature synthesis and microwave absorbing properties of Mn3O4–graphene nanocomposite

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A low-temperature synthesis method for Mn3O4/graphene is described in this research. Adjusting the reaction time and temperature allows control over the phase and morphology of the synthesized manganese oxide, and therefore the microwave absorbing properties. X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and vector network analysis are used to characterize the phase, morphology, and electromagnetic properties. The results reveal that long reaction time can increase the particle size and high temperature can destroy the initial structure of graphene both of which have negative impact on the microwave absorbing properties. The Mn3O4–graphene composite synthesized in 140 °C for 4 h shows a maximum reflection loss (RL) reaching −20 dB at 14.4 GHz with absorber thickness of 2 mm, as well as an effective absorption bandwidth of more than 5 dB corresponding to RL below −10 dB.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The work is supported by Program for the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51577021) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (DUT17GF107). The authors also acknowledge support from Dr. Ishwar K. Puri and Dr. Rakesh P. Sahu in McMaster University.

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    Huifang Pang, Yuping Duan, Jia Liu & Bin Zhang

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L7, Canada

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Pang, H., Duan, Y., Liu, J. et al. Low-temperature synthesis and microwave absorbing properties of Mn3O4–graphene nanocomposite. Journal of Materials Research 33, 4062–4070 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2018.325

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