3D carbon skeleton/MOF derivatives for efficient electromagnetic absorption and corrosion resistance†

Metal–organic framework (MOF) derivatives have attracted tremendous attention in electromagnetic (EM) wave absorption owing to their unique properties such as structural diversity, tailorable components and light weight. However, they fail to demonstrate decent EM attenuation performance due to inadequate heterostructures and multiple reflections. Here, 3D carbon skeleton (CS)/MOF derivatives are prepared via an in situ growth and pyrolysis strategy which is based on chitosan derived CS and the MOFs ZIF-8 and ZIF-67. As a result, CS/ZIF-8 600 °C demonstrates excellent EM absorption, whose minimum reflection loss is −41.85 dB with an effective absorption bandwidth of 2.56 GHz. In addition, the CS/MOF composites exhibit splendid corrosion resistance in complex environments such as neutral, acidic and alkaline.