Nitrogen doping as a fundamental way to enhance the EMI shielding behavior of cobalt particle-embedded carbonaceous nanostructures

Kumar, Rajeev and Choudhary, Harish Kumar and Anupama, AV and Menon, Aishwarya V and Pawar, Shital P and Bose, Suryasarathi and Sahoo, Balaram (2019) Nitrogen doping as a fundamental way to enhance the EMI shielding behavior of cobalt particle-embedded carbonaceous nanostructures. In: NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, 43 (14). pp. 5568-5580.

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Abstract

The influence of nitrogen doping in pyrolysis-derived carbonaceous nanostructures with embedded Co-nanoparticles (Co@C) for electromagnetic (EM) absorption at microwave frequencies is explored. The synthesized Co-nanoparticles were found to be encapsulated by a graphitic carbon layer forming core-shell nanostructures. Interestingly, we observed that nitrogen (N) doping helps in the formation of smaller sized Co-nanoparticles embedded in the carbonaceous matrix along with a plethora of defects in the carbon layer of the Co@C sample. These defects in the carbon layer help to enhance the scattering of microwave radiation. We demonstrate that the scattering of EM waves, due to the presence of these defects, is advantageous in electromagnetic interference shielding. On the other hand, the smaller Co-nanoparticles predominantly acquire the highly magnetic hcp-phase, which helps in enhancing the EMI shielding through absorption of microwaves. Analysis of the complex permittivity and permeability suggests the enhancement of scattering at the defects and subsequent absorption of microwaves through the dispersed metallic Co nanoparticles and by the conducting graphitic C layer. The value of the shielding effectiveness was enhanced from similar to-24 dB for the (undoped) Co@C sample to similar to-33 dB for the N-doped Co@CN sample. Moreover, the shielding effectiveness due to absorption of microwaves also was found to be enhanced drastically. Hence, our results demonstrate that the effective EM shielding can be enhanced through the enhancement of microwave absorption by creating a defect-rich carbon framework via N-doping.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
Publisher:	ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
Additional Information:	The copyright for this article belongs to Royal Society of Chemistry
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Materials Research Centre Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy) Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences > Centre for Nano Science and Engineering
Date Deposited:	11 May 2019 06:26
Last Modified:	11 May 2019 06:26
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/62598

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