Electromagnetic Wave Absorption Properties of Carbon Nanocoil Composites in the Millimeter Waveband

摘要

Carbon nanocoil (CNC) is a carbon nanotiber with helical shape. In this study, we fabricated CNC-based composites endowed with electromagnetic wave absorption property. CNCs were synthesized by chemical vapor deposition using acetylene as a precursor and Fe and SnO_2 particles as catalysts. The composites were produced by dispersing CNCs into epoxy resin or paraffin by ultrasonication, and then hardening a droplet of the solution on an aluminum substrate with ca. 2mm in specimen thickness. Paraffin was used as a solvent when producing the composites with the CNC concentration higher than or equal to 5wt.%; otherwise epoxy was used. The reflection ratio of the composites with different concentrations were measured by the free space method using lens antennas in frequency ranges of 5.6-40 and 67-110 GHz. The CNCs/epoxy composites of 0.1-1.0 wt.% showed poor reflection losses. The 10 wt.% CNCs/paraffin composite achieved a reflection loss of-32 dB at 79.2 GHz. Its bandwidth corresponding to the reflection loss below -20 dB was 4.85 GHz. The CNCs/paraffin composite also turned out to show a good absorption property in W band frequencies (75-110 GHz).