NiCo alloy/C nanocomposites derived from a Ni-doped ZIF-67 for lightweight microwave absorbers
Ximing Zhang, Jingyu Wang, Fan Yang, Hengdong Ren, Zhenying Liu, Yanfen Wang, Yin Liu, Hongcun Bai, Ling Bing Kong
Abstract
In this work, we prepared NiCo alloy/C with rhombic dodecahedron structure and superior microwave absorption performance by using ZIF-67 as the raw material. The rhombic dodecahedron NiCo alloy/C was with rough particles on the surface was photographed by field emission scanning electron microscopy. By adjusting the doping amount of Ni and the temperature of pyrolysis, improved the impedance matching of NiCo alloy/C. Specifically, NiCo alloy/C exhibits a minimum reflection loss of -65.48 dB at 13.48 GHz, while the thickness is 1.63 mm. Defects introduced in the Ni doping process and the special rhombic dodecahedral structure can cause multiple loss mechanisms. Therefore, this NiCo alloy/C composite has the potential to be a potential microwave absorber material with lightweight and high microwave absorption properties.