Broadband microwave absorption of Fe 3 O 4 –BaTiO 3 composites enhanced by interfacial polarization and impedance matching

Yue Huang, Jindou Ji, Yan Chen, Xiang Li*, Jun He, Xingwang Cheng, Shuli He, Ying Liu, Jiping Liu

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Abstract

Nanocomposites composed of magnetic and dielectric materials are suitable for high performance electromagnetic wave absorbers due to their great impedance matching. In this work, the microwave absorbing properties of Fe 3 O 4 –BaTiO 3 composites were investigated over a frequency range of 1–18 GHz Fe 3 O 4 –BaTiO 3 composites present significantly enhanced microwave absorption performance compared with BaTiO 3 . For the optimal Fe 3 O 4 (x)–BaTiO 3 (1-x) (x = 0.8) composite, the reflection loss (RL) could reach −47.4 dB at 12.26 GHz with a matching thickness of 2.2 mm, the bandwidth below −10 dB is 5.0 GHz, which is six times higher than BaTiO 3 . The broadened absorption bandwidth is resulted from better impedance matching. This results show that Fe 3 O 4 –BaTiO 3 composites can be used as an excellent microwave absorption materials with strong absorption and broad bandwidth.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)598-605
Number of pages8
JournalComposites Part B: Engineering
Volume163
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Apr 2019

Keywords

  • Hydrothermal method
  • Impedance matching
  • Microwave absorption
  • Multiferroic

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