Effects of graphene oxide on electromagnetic wave absorption properties of porous silica ceramic

A particle packing method was developed to prepare porous silica ceramics aggregated by sintering silica powder with methyl cellulose as binding agent at 1300℃ for 1 h.The result of electromagnetic wave absorption showed obvious electromagnetic wave absorption properties with a bandwidth of 9 GHz and-3 dB reflectivity.The electromagnetic wave absorption properties changed after graphene oxide(GO)layers were incorporated into the samples.When the mass fraction of graphene oxide impregnated samples was 0.004%,an increase of 75% in absorption was observed with the greatest reflectivity of-5 dB.The eddy current damping caused by these GO layers was responsible for the enhanced absorption efficiency.While excess GO made the porous sample to be a reflector for incident waves.