In Situ Synthesis of Heterostructured Fe–Ni Nanowires with Tunable Electromagnetic Wave Absorption Capabilities
Pingan Yang, Rui Cai, Haibo Ruan, Mingqi Zhao, Xin Huang, Nanqing Zhang, Rui Li, Yuxin Zhang, Jiufei Luo
Abstract
One-dimensional iron–nickel (Fe–Ni) heterogeneous nanowires with superior electromagnetic wave (EMW) absorption were successfully prepared by a magnetic-field-assisted liquid-phase reduction method. The electromagnetic properties of the absorber were controllably tuned by changing the atomic molar ratio of Fe to Ni. The composite with an Fe:Ni atomic molar ratio of 1:1.5 exhibited the finest EMW absorption characteristics. With a matched thickness of 2.175 mm, the minimum reflection loss (RL min ) at 18 GHz can be as high as 26.106 dB. Also, the majority of the Ku-band is covered by the effective absorption bandwidth (EAB, RL ≤ −10 dB), which is up to 6.08 GHz at 2.6 mm with a filler content of 25%. The excellent absorber performance is due to one’s own rich heterogeneous interface to conciliate the dielectric and magnetic losses. The successful exploration of the one-dimensional heterogeneous structure EMW absorber provides important insights for the future sensible fabrication of absorbers with excellent EMW absorption capability.