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Facile fabrication of Fe/Fe3C@starch-derived hierarchical porous carbon for microwave absorption

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The three-dimensional (3D) porous carbon materials are helpful for forming thin, light-weight, wide effective absorption bandwidth and strong absorption intensity absorbers. However, previous methods were not environmentally friendly enough. Thus, in this work, the Fe/Fe3C@porous carbon was synthesized from soluble starch and Fe(NO3)3·9H2O via chemical bowling and subsequent carbonization at 700 °C with different ratios. When the ratio of starch to Fe(NO3)3·9H2O is 1:1.5, the porous carbon exhibits a strong absorption ability with minimum reflection loss (RLmin) value of −16.64 dB at 16.78 GHz, when the thickness is 1.75 mm and the proportion of paraffin wax is 30 wt%. The synergy of well impedance matching, sufficient loss performance, and interface polarization makes 3D porous carbon materials an excellent wave absorber. This work provides a good inspiration for studying outstanding performance microwave absorption materials.

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This work was financially supported by the Sichuan Science and Technology Program (Grant No. 2021YFG0222), the Opening Project of Oil & Gas Field Applied Chemistry Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province (Grant No. YQKF202104), the Natural Science Foundation of Southwest University of Science and Technology (Grant No. 20ZX7140), and the Key Research and Development Project of Sichuan Province (Grant No. 2023YFG0228).

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Hua, W., Hu, C., **e, X. et al. Facile fabrication of Fe/Fe3C@starch-derived hierarchical porous carbon for microwave absorption. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 35, 131 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-11830-8

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