Volume 19, Issue 25 2208101
Research Article

Multifunctional Nanocrystalline-Assembled Porous Hierarchical Material and Device for Integrating Microwave Absorption, Electromagnetic Interference Shielding, and Energy Storage

Lihua Yao

Lihua Yao

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081 China

School of Mechatronical Engineering, Shanxi Datong University, Datong, 037003 China

Engineering Research Center of Coal-Based Ecological Carbon Sequestration Technology of the Ministry of Education, Shanxi Datong University, Datong, 037009 China

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Yuchang Wang

Yuchang Wang

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081 China

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Jianguo Zhao

Corresponding Author

Jianguo Zhao

Engineering Research Center of Coal-Based Ecological Carbon Sequestration Technology of the Ministry of Education, Shanxi Datong University, Datong, 037009 China

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Youqi Zhu

Corresponding Author

Youqi Zhu

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081 China

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Maosheng Cao

Corresponding Author

Maosheng Cao

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081 China

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First published: 18 March 2023
Citations: 125

Abstract

Multifunctional applications including efficient microwave absorption and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding as well as excellent Li-ion storage are rarely achieved in a single material. Herein, a multifunctional nanocrystalline-assembled porous hierarchical NiO@NiFe2O4/reduced graphene oxide (rGO) heterostructure integrating microwave absorption, EMI shielding, and Li-ion storage functions is fabricated and tailored to develop high-performance energy conversion and storage devices. Owing to its structural and compositional advantages, the optimized NiO@NiFe2O4/15rGO achieves a minimum reflection loss of −55 dB with a matching thickness of 2.3 mm, and the effective absorption bandwidth is up to 6.4 GHz. The EMI shielding effectiveness reaches 8.69 dB. NiO@NiFe2O4/15rGO exhibits a high initial discharge specific capacity of 1813.92 mAh g−1, which reaches 1218.6 mAh g−1 after 289 cycles and remains at 784.32 mAh g−1 after 500 cycles at 0.1 A g−1. In addition, NiO@NiFe2O4/15rGO demonstrates a long cycling stability at high current densities. This study provides an insight into the design of advanced multifunctional materials and devices and provides an innovative method of solving current environmental and energy problems.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Data Availability Statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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