研究了单壁、多壁碳纳米管(聚团状、阵列状)以及未纯化与纯化后碳纳米管在2-18GHz范围内的电磁波吸收性能.通过测定不同结构碳纳米管粉体的介电常数以及磁导率,得到损耗因子及衰减常数大小顺序为:阵列状多壁碳纳米管〉原生聚团状多壁碳纳米管〉纯化聚团状多壁碳纳米管〉原生单壁碳纳米管〉纯化后单壁碳纳米管.相比多壁碳纳米管,单壁碳纳米管衰减常数随频率变化较小,且具有较宽的吸收峰.模拟计算和实验测试结果都表明,碳纳米管/聚合物复合材料具有优良的电磁吸波性能.
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs), with well defined one-dimension nanoscale tubular structure, have potential applications for electromagnetic wave absorption. The complex permittivity and permeability spectra of different kinds of CNTs were measured in the range from 2 GHz to 18 GHz. The coefficient of attenuation, impedance and loss tangents of different kinds of carbon nanotube composites were compared. The order of loss tangents is as follows: aligned multi-walled CNTs 〉 raw tangled multi-walled CNTs 〉 purified tangled multi-walled CNTs 〉 raw tangled single-walled CNTs 〉 purified tangled single-walled CNTs. The reflectivities of different kinds of carbon nanotube composites were calculated. Compared with multi-walled CNTs, single-walled CNTs have wider absorption capability. Both experimental and calculated results indicated that CNTs as filler in nano-composite materials have excellent elctromagenetic wave absorption properties.