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Energy- and cost-efficient salt-assisted synthesis of nitrogen-doped porous carbon matrix decorated with nickel nanoparticles for superior electromagnetic wave absorption

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To optimize the impedance matching of carbon-based microwave absorbing materials, avoid skin effect, and improve the absorption performance, three-dimensional (3D) porous nitrogen-doped carbon matrix decorated with nickel nanoparticles (CN-Ni) was prepared via a facile energy- and cost-efficient NaCl-assisted method in this work. The uniquely designed composites offered multiadvantages for boosting electromagnetic wave (EMW) absorption behaviors. First, the interconnected porous structure reduces the dielectric constant of carbon materials, and magnetic particles were added to further optimize the impedance matching. Second, abundant heterogeneous interfaces, including carbon/Ni and air/carbon, are conducive to inducing interface polarization. The 3D network structure is formed inside the porous carbon matrix, which increases the path of electron transmission and enhances the conductivity loss. Furthermore, the do** of nitrogen atoms results in the creation of dipole centers in the carbon matrix, where the disordered dipoles change to ordered arrangement under an applied electromagnetic field, dissipating electromagnetic energy. The synthesized optimal CN-Ni absorber exhibits excellent electromagnetic wave (EMW) absorption performance of an effective absorption bandwidth (EAB) of 5.0 GHz at 2 mm and a minimum reflection loss (RLmin) of − 43.28 dB. The energy- and cost-efficient NaCl-assisted synthesis strategy will break a new path for exploring efficient carbon-based EMW absorbers with superior EMW absorption property.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52207249), the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (No. ZR2022ME089), the Yantai Basic Research Project (No. 2022JCYJ04), and the Science Fund of Shandong Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Green Manufacturing (No. AMGM2021F11).

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    Fushan Li, Ziyue Bi, Hideo Kimura, Hongyang Li, **ubo **e, **aoyu Zhang, Xueqin Sun, Zuju Ma, Wei Du & Chuanxin Hou

  2. School of Architecture, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, China

    Liyuan Liu

  3. Shandong Laboratory of Yantai Advanced Materials and Green Manufacturing, Yantai, 264005, China

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  4. Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials (Ministry of Education), Shandong University, **an, 250061, China

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Per the journal requirement of more than ten contributors, the required contribution can be briefly stated as Fushan Li, Ziyue Bi, Hideo Kimura, Hongyang Li, Liyuan Liu*, **ubo **e, Zuju Ma, and **aoyu Zhang made the samples and property characterizations; Jun Wang, Xueqin Sun, Wei Du*, and Chuanxin Hou* inputted the EMW absorption performance analysis and characterization; Chuanxin Hou* and Wei Du* made the detailed experimental design and organized the paper. All authors have read the paper, modified the final version, and agreed on the submission.

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Li, F., Bi, Z., Kimura, H. et al. Energy- and cost-efficient salt-assisted synthesis of nitrogen-doped porous carbon matrix decorated with nickel nanoparticles for superior electromagnetic wave absorption. Adv Compos Hybrid Mater 6, 133 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42114-023-00710-8

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