Synergistically magnetic and dielectric properties of two dimensional Fe3Al@PPy lamellae exhibiting broadband and strong electromagnetic wave absorption

Abstract

Addressing the issue of low impedance characteristics is essential to improve the electromagnetic wave absorption performance of magnetic materials. Herein, two dimensional Fe₃Al@polypyrrole (PPy) lamellae with synergistic magnetic and dielectric properties are fabricated by a mechanical alloying, ordering transformation and polymerization process, which exhibits excellent electromagnetic wave absorption performance. By carefully controlling the thickness of the PPy shell, the optimized Fe₃Al@PPy lamellae show a minimum reflection loss of −45.6 dB and an effective absorption bandwidth of 9.1 GHz at a thickness of only 1.5 mm. The conformal growth of Fe₃Al@PPy lamellae can induce strong interfacial polarization, dipole polarization, multiple scattering effect and magnetic loss behaviors for the attenuation of electromagnetic waves. This study demonstrates a facile strategy for the development of efficient Fe₃Al@PPy composite absorbents showing great potential for practical applications.