title: Construction of three-dimensional graphene interfaces into carbon fiber textiles for increasing deposition of nickel nanoparticles: flexible hierarchical magnetic textile composites for strong electromagnetic shielding.
abstract: Since manipulating electromagnetic waves with electromagnetic active materials for environmental and electric engineering is a significant task, here a novel prototype is reported by introducing reduced graphene oxide (RGO) interfaces in carbon fiber (CF) networks for a hierarchical carbon fiber/reduced graphene oxide/nickel (CF-RGO-Ni) composite textile. Upon charaterizations of the microscopic morphologies, electrical and magnetic properties, the presence of three-dimensional RGO interfaces and bifunctional nickel nanoparticles substantially influences the related physical properties in the resulting hierarchical composite textiles. Eletromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding performance suggests that the hierarchical composite textiles hold a strong shielding effectiveness greater than 61 dB, showing greater advantages than conventional polymeric and foamy shielding composites. As a polymer-free lightweight structure, flexible CF-RGO-Ni composites of all electromagnetic active components offer unique understanding of the multi-scale and multiple mechanisms in electromagnetic energy consumption. Such a novel prototype of shielding structures along with convenient technology highlight a strategy to achieve high-performance EMI shielding, coupled with a universal approach for preparing advanced lightweight composites with graphene interfaces.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xing-Ming
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Bian
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hai-Bing
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Chan-Yuan
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Quan-Liang
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Song
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bi
authors.forename: Zhi-Ling
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Hou