Broadband Microwave Absorbing Composites with a Multi-Scale Layered Structure Based on Reduced Graphene Oxide Film as the Frequency Selective Surface
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Simulation and Experiments
2.1. Materials
2.2. Design and Simulation
2.3. Preparation of RGO Film (Unit Cell of FSS)
2.4. Preparation of the Composite with Sandwich Structure
2.5. Characterization and Measurement
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Structural Characterization of RGO Films
3.2. Absorption Properties of the Composite with Sandwich Structure
3.3. Absorption Mechanism of the Composites
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Temperature/°C | Room Temperature | 600 | 800 | 1000 |
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Sheet resistance/(Ώ/sq) | 3100 ± 10 | 70 ± 3 | 40 ± 3 | 27 ± 3 |
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Ye, F.; Song, C.; Zhou, Q.; Yin, X.; Han, M.; Li, X.; Zhang, L.; Cheng, L. Broadband Microwave Absorbing Composites with a Multi-Scale Layered Structure Based on Reduced Graphene Oxide Film as the Frequency Selective Surface. Materials 2018, 11, 1771. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11091771
Ye F, Song C, Zhou Q, Yin X, Han M, Li X, Zhang L, Cheng L. Broadband Microwave Absorbing Composites with a Multi-Scale Layered Structure Based on Reduced Graphene Oxide Film as the Frequency Selective Surface. Materials. 2018; 11(9):1771. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11091771
Chicago/Turabian StyleYe, Fang, Changqing Song, Qian Zhou, Xiaowei Yin, Meikang Han, Xinliang Li, Litong Zhang, and Laifei Cheng. 2018. "Broadband Microwave Absorbing Composites with a Multi-Scale Layered Structure Based on Reduced Graphene Oxide Film as the Frequency Selective Surface" Materials 11, no. 9: 1771. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11091771