Broadband electromagnetic wave absorbing via PANI coated Fe3O4 decorated MoS2 hybrid nanocomposite

High performance electromagnetic wave (EMW) absorbing material systems are required for stealth applications and sensitive electronic devices. Absorbing of an incident EMW in a wide band range still has limitations in terms of materials system and engineering. It is required to extend the bandwidth and minimize the reflection from the material system for the next level stealth technologies. In this work, hybrid nanocomposite structures are developed by semiconductor flower-like MoS2 nanosheets, Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles and conductive polyaniline. A systematic study is presented by investigation the structural, magnetic, morphological, thermal, electronic and electromagnetic characteristic of hybrid nanocomposites (Fe3O4:MoS2, PANI@Fe3O4, PANI@MoS2 and PANI@Fe3O4:MoS2). EMW absorption characteristics results showed that Fe3O4:MoS2 and PANI@Fe3O4:MoS2 hybrid nanocomposites exhibit excellent EMW absorption characteristics. While the minimum reflection loss (RL) value was found as − 54.97 dB at 15.99 GHz for the Fe3O4:MoS2 nanocomposite, the broad bandwidth (7.65 GHz) was observed in PANI@Fe3O4:MoS2 hybrid nanocomposite having − 39.96 dB RL. According to the experimental results, a lightweight and high temperature resistance PANI@Fe3O4:MoS2 like-hybrid nanocomposite can absorb almost 90% of incident EMW in a wide bandwidth.