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Graphene‐Based Composites Combining Both Excellent Terahertz Shielding and Stealth Performance
Author(s) -
Huang Zhiyu,
Chen Honghui,
Xu Shitong,
Chen Lucy Yimeng,
Huang Yi,
Ge Zhen,
Ma Wenle,
Liang Jiajie,
Fan Fei,
Chang Shengjiang,
Chen Yongsheng
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
advanced optical materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 91
ISSN - 2195-1071
DOI - 10.1002/adom.201801165
Subject(s) - terahertz radiation , electromagnetic shielding , materials science , graphene , absorption (acoustics) , reflection (computer programming) , attenuation coefficient , reflection coefficient , reflection loss , shielding effect , optoelectronics , optics , composite material , nanotechnology , composite number , computer science , physics , programming language
Strong terahertz‐response material which exhibits both excellent terahertz shielding and stealth performance is promising in practical applications of terahertz technology. Here, ultralight graphene foam (GF) and multiwalled carbon nanotubes/multiwalled graphene foam (MGF) have been first demonstrated to achieve both superior terahertz shielding and stealth performance due to the dominant absorption loss with negligible reflection. The terahertz shielding effectiveness values of GF and MGF, both 3 mm thick, reach up to 74 and 61 dB. Meanwhile, their average terahertz reflection loss values are achieved up to 23 and 30 dB, respectively, which are the best results in existing broadband terahertz shielding/stealth materials. Importantly, their qualified absorption bandwidths (reflection loss value larger than 10 dB) cover the entire measured frequency band of 0.1–1.6 THz. Furthermore, the quantitative relationships between the terahertz shielding effectiveness, reflection loss, and material parameters are accurately established, which should facilitate the material design for terahertz shielding and stealth. Comprehensively considering the important indicators of density, bandwidth, and intensity, the specific average terahertz shielding coefficient and the specific average terahertz absorption performance are achieved up to 1.1 × 10 5 and 3.6 × 10 4 dB cm 3 g −1 , respectively, which is over thousands of times larger than other kinds of materials reported previously.