Tunable Pearl Necklace Structured TiO2 Spheres on Carbon Nanotubes with Enhanced Electromagnetic Wave Absorption Performance
Due to the low density and high conduction loss of carbonaceous materials, they have been considered as candidates for compositing electromagnetic wave absorbing materials. In this study, the well-designed CNT@TiO2 composites with pearl necklace structure were successfully synthesized via a facile hydrolyzation method. The absorption performances of CNT@TiO2 under different loading ratio were characterized and showed significantly different performance on the electromagnetic wave absorption. The reflection loss value reaches to –47.5 dB in the pearl necklace structured CNT@TiO2 composites obtained with a thickness of 1.6 mm at 11.2 GHz. An effective absorption bandwidth was found to reach to 4.2 GHz with a coating thickness of 1.4 mm. More, the absorption frequency range can be diverse by adjusting coating thickness. We deduce that promising electromagnetic wave absorbing property of the composites is related to the interfacial polarization induced by pearl necklace structure, improved impedance matching, conduction loss and scattering within the materials.