Electromagnetic performance, Optical and Physiochemical Features of CaTiO3/ NiO and SrFe12O19/NiO Nanocomposites Based Bilayer Absorber

Li Feng;Jiajun Liu;Huynen, Isabelle;Mustafa Z. Mahmoud;Majid Niaz Akhtar
(2022) Journal of Colloid and Interface Science — Vol. 610, p. 879-892 (2021)

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  • Li Feng
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  • Jiajun Liu
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  • Mustafa Z. Mahmoud
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  • Majid Niaz Akhtar
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Abstract
(en) Herein, two distinct nanocomposites of CaTiO3 micro-cubes and polygonal SrFe12O19, both decorated with NiO nanoparticles, were successfully synthesized using hydrothermal method. The physico-chemical features of as-prepared samples were evaluated via XRD, FTIR, UV–vis, BET, XPS, FESEM and EDS analysis. Microwave attenuation features of as-prepared single layer absorbers were determined by VNA analysis in 2–18 GHz. Simulation confirmation was checked by preparing a bi-layer samples and evaluating it using VNA analysis after finding the appropriate thickness of each layer. The reflection loss from each single layer samples containing 20 wt% of each CaTiO3/NiO and SrFe12O19/NiO nanocomposites were −16 dB and −35 dB at 6.3 GHz with 2.5 mm matching thickness respectively. However, the RL was −34 dB at 10 GHz frequency with 2 mm thickness in a bilayer absorber with SrFe12O19/NiO nanocomposite layer put as absorbing layer with 1 mm thickness and CaTiO3/NiO positioned as matching layer with 1 mm thickness. Furthermore, at the X-band frequency, approximately entire band absorption is obtained. The findings demonstrate that adjusting the order and thickness of the layers in a bilayer absorber may readily improve microwave absorption performance. By comparing the results of simulation with real prepared bilayer absorbers, we found that with a 2 mm overall thickness, the bi-layer absorbers display accurate RL values, but not the matching frequency monitored in the simulation process. In reality, this discrepancy was unavoidable.
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Li Feng, Jiajun Liu, Huynen, I., Mustafa Z. Mahmoud, & Majid Niaz Akhtar. (2022). Electromagnetic performance, Optical and Physiochemical Features of CaTiO3/ NiO and SrFe12O19/NiO Nanocomposites Based Bilayer Absorber. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 610, 879-892. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2021.11.127 (Original work published 2021)