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Fe3O4-CuO-MgNb2O6 Ternary Ceramics with Heterogeneous Interfaces for Efficient Microwave Absorption

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Fe3O4-CuO-MgNb2O6 ternary ceramics were synthesized using solid reaction sintering and the microwave absorption performance was investigated. Remarkable absorption characteristics were observed in the composite material, with optimal reflection loss of −53.3 dB at 8.6 GHz and effective bandwidth of 3.8 GHz (6.9–10.7 GHz) at a thickness of 2.8 mm. The decrease in porosity and simultaneous increase in grain size impact the motion of domain walls, leading to magnetic loss. Furthermore, reduction in porosity facilitates closer proximity of grains, thereby reducing high-resistivity borders and improving the mobility of carriers. Consequently, this leads to an increase in the imaginary part of the complex permittivity. The introduction of three phases and grain growth synergistically contribute to interface and dipolar polarization, further enhancing the dielectric loss and properties related to microwave absorption. The Ansys HFSS (high-frequency structure simulator) results also prove that larger grain size positively affects impedance matching and microwave absorption performance in ceramics. By controlling the grain size of Fe3O4-CuO-MgNb2O6 ternary ceramics, it becomes possible to tailor the microwave absorption properties.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21902186 and 21905305), Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, China(Grant No. 2023JJ50079), Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (2023JJ40074), Hunan Provincial Department of Education outstanding youth project (21B0757), and the Hunan Provincial Innovation Foundation For Postgraduate (Grant No. QL20210045). This work was supported in part by the High Performance Computing Center of Central South University

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Li, C., Deng, L., Liang, H. et al. Fe3O4-CuO-MgNb2O6 Ternary Ceramics with Heterogeneous Interfaces for Efficient Microwave Absorption. J. Electron. Mater. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-024-11106-9

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