Microstructure Evolution at High Temperatures for Co-MOF-74 as High-Efficiency Electromagnetic Absorbers

Abstract

Increasing demands of microwave absorbents require new approaches to enhance the absorbing performance. Metal−organic frameworks (MOFs) could be developed as effective absorbers owing to their outstanding features including intrinsic porosity and high specific area. Herein, novel nanostructured Co-MOF-74 composites have been successfully fabricated via a simple solvothermal method. Excellent absorption performance was achieved for the composite with a minimum reflection loss (RL) of −25.5 dB at 2.5 mm and a broad absorption bandwidth (RL < −10 dB) of 6.7 GHz. Such absorber could be developed as lightweight and high-efficiency absorbing materials, and this work provides inspiration for the design of advanced absorbers with strong dissipation capacity and broad effective bandwidth.