Fabrication and investigation on ternary heterogeneous MWCNT@TiO2-C fillers and their silicone rubber wave-absorbing composites

Jia Zhao, Junliang Zhang, Lei Wang, Shanshan Lyn, Wenlong Ye, Ben B. Xu, Hua Qiu, Lixin Chen, Junwei Gu

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Abstract

Ternary heterogeneous MWCNT@TiO2-C wave absorbent was firstly prepared, using glucose, MWCNT, and titanium isopropoxide as raw materials, through the
solvothermal process followed by post-heat treatment. Afterwards,
MWCNT@TiO2-C/silicone rubber wave-absorbing composites were fabricated via solution casting and subsequent curing process. XRD, Raman, XPS, and TEM
analyses demonstrated the MWCNT@TiO2-C fillers were successfully synthesized
with TiO2 and amorphous carbon coated on the surface of MWCNT. When the
MWCNT@TiO2-C/silicone rubber wave-absorbing composites contained 25 wt%
MWCNT@TiO2-C fillers and with the thickness of 2.5 mm, it displayed the minimum reflection loss of -53.2 dB and an effective absorption bandwidth of 3.1 GHz. Remarkable wave-absorbing performances for MWCNT@TiO2-C/silicone rubber composites could be attributed to the synergetic effect of interfacial polarization loss and conduction loss.
Original languageEnglish
Article number105714
JournalComposites - Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
Volume129
Early online date28 Nov 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2020

Keywords

  • Polymer-matrix composites (PMCs)
  • Electrical properties
  • Electron microscopy
  • Casting

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