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Herein, an efficient one-dimensional (1D) N-doped Co/C nanotube absorber was designed by a cobalt source and solvent ratio comodulation strategy. First, we explored the influences of different cobalt sources (CoCl2, Co-(OAc)2, Co-(NO3)2, and CoSO4) on the morphology and microwave absorption (MA) property, which showed that CoCl2 facilitated the formation of nanotubes with a relatively uniform diameter and length. Notably, the Co/C nanotubes displayed an ultrawide effective absorption bandwidth (EAB) of 6.885 GHz at 2.2 mm when the filling ratio was only 8 wt %. Then, by adjusting the solvent ratio of isopropanol (IPA) and water, Co/C showed a strong absorption of −44.51 dB with an EAB of 5.44 GHz at 2.35 mm. The outstanding MA performance is ascribed to the synergistic effect of dielectric and magnetic components, which is conducive to optimizing the impedance matching, thus broadening the EAB. In addition, the 1D nanostructure is good for constructing three-dimensional (3D) conductive networks and enhancing conductive loss. Since Co nanoparticles are wrapped in carbon nanotubes (CNTs), the confinement effect can effectively prevent the agglomeration of ferromagnetic nanoparticles, adjusting the MA performance. It is worth mentioning that the maximum Radar cross section (RCS) value of Co/C can be reduced by 28.8 dB m2. Furthermore, the RCS values are all lower than −10 dB m2 from −90 to 90° and the minimum RCS value can reach −46.8 dB m2. This work provides a strategy for designing lightweight MA absorbers with strong RL and ultrawide EAB. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

CeO2, an n-type semiconductor material, has been widely used in microwave absorption (MA) due to its unique structural features such as oxygen vacancies and interstitial atoms. In this paper, Co/CeO2/C composites were prepared by a hydrothermal method followed by a pyrolysis process. The effect of different pyrolysis temperatures (650–950 °C) on the MA property of the composites was investigated. When the pyrolysis temperature was 850 °C, the Co/CeO2/C-850 composite exhibited outstanding MA behavior in the frequency range of 2–18 GHz, displaying a minimum reflection loss (RLmin) of −45.22 dB and an effective absorption bandwidth (EAB) of 4.61 GHz at a thin thickness of 1.75 mm. The MA performance of the Co/CeO2/C composites is mainly attributed to the dielectric loss due to interfacial polarization originating from different interfaces and dipole polarization caused by the oxygen vacancies in CeO2. In addition, the introduction of Co nanoparticles not only provides the magnetic loss but also modulates impendence matching for the current magnetoelectric coupling system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nano-solid spherical Nb2O5/nitrogen-doped carbon (NC) composite is obtained by the hydrothermal method followed by a calcination procedure. The Nb2O5/NC composite exhibits good rate performance and sustainable cyclic stability (144 mAh g−1 at 1000 mAh g−1 upon 2000 charge–discharge cycles) as an anode material in Na-ion batteries (SIBs). The excellent performance of the Nb2O5/NC composite is attributed to its unique nanosphere structure, in which Nb2O5 nanocrystals embedded in porous NC matrix can restrain agglomeration of Nb2O5 nanocrystals and ensure electrolyte accessibility, and the NC matrix can provide effective active sites and increase ions/electrons transfer. This work offers a new method to fabricate nano-solid spherical Nb2O5/NC composite with good Na+ storage property, which can be extended for synthesizing other metal oxide/NC composite as SIB anode. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Porous C nanosheet/Cu2S composites were prepared using a simple self-template method and vulcanization process. The Cu2S nanoparticles with an average diameter of 140 nm are uniformly distributed on porous carbon nanosheets. When used as the anode of a potassium-ion battery, porous C nanosheet/Cu2S composites exhibit good rate performance and cycle performance (363 mAh g−1 at 0.1 A g−1 after 100 cycles; 120 mAh g−1 at 5 A g−1 after 1000 cycles). The excellent electrochemical performance of porous C nanosheet/Cu2S composites can be ascribed to their unique structure, which can restrain the volume change of Cu2S during the charge/discharge processes, increase the contact area between the electrode and the electrolyte, and improve the electron/ionic conductivity of the electrode material. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]