A combined engineering of hollow and core-shell structures for C@MoS2 microcapsules toward high-efficiency electromagnetic absorption

Rational design of profitable structure is widely considered as an effective strategy for electromagnetic wave absorbing materials (EWAMs) to improve their performance. Herein, we conduct a combined engineering of hollow and core-shell structures, in which surface shell is formed by a number of MoS2 nanosheets crossing each other and internal core is hollow carbon microcapsule (HC). HC has strong dielectric loss ability, and its hollow structure facilitates the multiple reflection of incident EM wave. The construction of MoS2 shells not only improves impedance matching but also introduces heterogeneous interfaces that result in interfacial polarization loss. It is found that the synergistic effect of intrinsic loss mechanisms and structural advantages endow C@MoS2 composites (HCM-x) with excellent EM wave absorption performance, and especially for HCM-2, whose minimum reflection loss (RL) intensity and effective absorption bandwidth (EAB) are -63.8 dB and 6.0 GHz, respectively. It is believed that this work is valuable for the enhancement of performance for EWAMs through the upgrade of microstructure and regulation of chemical composition.