Microwave absorption properties of pyrolytic carbon nanofilm

作者:Kuzhir Polina P; Paddubskaya Alesya G; Maksimenko Sergey A; Kaplas Tommi*; Svirko Yuri
来源:Nanoscale Research Letters, 2013, 8(1): 60.
DOI:10.1186/1556-276X-8-60

摘要

We analyzed the electromagnetic (EM) shielding effectiveness in the Ka band (26 to 37 GHz) of highly amorphous nanometrically thin pyrolytic carbon (PyC) films with lateral dimensions of 7.2 x 3.4 mm(2), which consists of randomly oriented and intertwined graphene flakes with a typical size of a few nanometers. We discovered that the manufactured PyC films, whose thickness is thousand times less than the skin depth of conventional metals, provide a reasonably high EM attenuation. The latter is caused by absorption losses that can be as high as 38% to 20% in the microwave frequency range. Being semi-transparent in visible and infrared spectral ranges and highly conductive at room temperature, PyC films emerge as a promising material for manufacturing ultrathin microwave (e.g., K (a) band) filters and shields.

  • 出版日期2013-2-7