Synergistic Effect of Carbon Nanotubes with Zinc Oxide Nanowires for Enhanced Electromagnetic Shielding Performance of Hybrid Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Composites

doi:10.11901/1005.3093.2023.158

Chinese Journal of Materials Research

2024, Vol. 38

Issue (1): 61-70 DOI: 10.11901/1005.3093.2023.158

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Synergistic Effect of Carbon Nanotubes with Zinc Oxide Nanowires for Enhanced Electromagnetic Shielding Performance of Hybrid Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Composites

MA Yuan¹^,², WANG Han¹, NI Zhongqiang¹^,², ZHANG Jiangang¹^,², ZHANG Ruonan¹^,², SUN Xinyang¹^,², LI Chusen¹(

), LIU Chang¹^,², ZENG You¹^,²(

)

1 Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
2 School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang 110016, China

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MA Yuan, WANG Han, NI Zhongqiang, ZHANG Jiangang, ZHANG Ruonan, SUN Xinyang, LI Chusen, LIU Chang, ZENG You. Synergistic Effect of Carbon Nanotubes with Zinc Oxide Nanowires for Enhanced Electromagnetic Shielding Performance of Hybrid Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Composites. Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2024, 38(1): 61-70.

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Abstract

Developing advanced composites with high electromagnetic shielding effectiveness is of great significance to ensure safety and reliability of electronic devices in complex electromagnetic environments. We proposed a novel strategy to fabricate carbon fiber-based hybrid composites by in-situ growing zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires onto carbon fiber (CF) and subsequently depositing carbon nanotubes (CNT), and infiltrating epoxy (EP) into laminated layers through vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding technique. Microstructures, electrical conductivity, and electromagnetic shielding performance of the acquired CNT-ZnO-CF/EP hybrid composites were investigated in detail. The hybrid composites of 2 mm thickness exhibited excellent electromagnetic shielding performance, and their total electromagnetic shielding effectiveness was up to 50 dB in the 8.2~12.4 GHz band, increasing by 51.52% in comparison to the CF/EP composites. Such high performance is mainly attributed to the high dielectric loss of ZnO nanowires, high electrical conductivity of continuous CNT films, and multiple reflection/absorption losses between laminated structures and multi-component interfaces. This work paves a way for development of advanced composites with high-efficiency electromagnetic shielding and structure/function integration.

Key words: composites electromagnetic shielding performance laminated hybrid structures zinc oxide nanowires carbon nanotubes

Received: 06 March 2023

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Fund: National Natural Science Foundation of China(52130209);National Natural Science Foundation of China(51802317);Liaoning Natural Science Foundation(22-KF-12-04);Opening Foundation of Shanxi Key Laboratory of Nano & Functional Composite Materials(NFCM202102);IMR Innovation Fund(2022-PY07);Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science(2022-FP35);Shenyang Science and Technology Project(22-316-1-04)

Corresponding Authors: ZENG You, Tel: (024)83978090, E-mail: yzeng@imr.ac.cn;
LI Chusen, Tel: (024)83978019, E-mail: csli@imr.ac.cn

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Table 1 Component contents and density of composites

Fig.1 Schematic diagram for fabrication of CNT-ZnO-CF/EP laminated hybrid composites

Fig.2 Schematic diagram for fabrication of ZnO-CF (a), SEM images of CF (b), PDA-CF (c), ZnO seed-CF (d), and ZnO-CF (e), FTIR spectra (f), Raman spectra (g), XRD patterns (h), and TGA curves of the modified CF (i)

Fig.3 Schematic diagram for preparation of CNT-ZnO-CF through FCCVD method (a), Optical images of CNT-ZnO-CF (b), SEM image (c) and Raman spectrum of CNT deposited onto ZnO-CF (d)

Fig.4 Optical images of CF/EP (a), ZnO-CF/EP (b), and CNT-ZnO-CF/EP composites (c) and SEM images of fracture surfaces of CF/EP (d), ZnO-CF/EP (e), and CNT-ZnO-CF/EP composites (f)

Fig.5 Surface electrical conductivity of CF, ZnO-CF and CNT-ZnO-CF (a) and Volume electrical conductivity of laminated hybrid composites along in-plane and out-of-plane directions (b)

Fig.6 Total electromagnetic shielding effectiveness of laminated hybrid composites (a), reflection and absorption effectiveness (b), reflection and absorption coefficients (c) and real part (d), imaginary part (e), and loss angle tangent of dielectric constant for composites (f) and mechanism on electromagnetic shielding of laminated hybrid composites (g)

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