Electromagnetic Wave Absorption Properties of the FeSiAl/PLA and FeSiAl-MoS2-Graphene/PLA Double-Layer Absorber Formed by Fused Deposition Modeling

Abstract

The FeSiAl/PLA and FeSiAl-MoS2-Graphene (GR)/PLA composite filaments were prepared through mechanical mixing and melt extrusion process, and the double-layer absorbers while the material of layer 1 is FeSiAl/PLA and the material of layer 2 is FeSiAl-MoS2-GR/PLA were prepared by fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printing technology. The results show that the FeSiAl/PLA and FeSiAl-MoS2-GR/PLA double-layer absorber can effectively improve impedance matching. The electromagnetic wave absorption performance is improved under the synergistic effect of multi-loss mechanisms. The minimum reflection loss (RLmin) value of the double-layer absorber is -52.50 dB at 17.76 GHz with the thickness of FeSiAl/PLA layer is 0.6 mm and the total thickness of 1.7 mm. The effective absorption bandwidth (EAB) of the double-layer absorber reaches 5.92 GHz (12.08~18 GHz) with the thickness of the two layers is 0.8 mm and 1.2 mm, respectively. It is 29.8% wider than the EAB (4.56 GHz) of the single-layer FeSiAl-MoS2-GR/PLA composite with the same thickness.

Keywords: Graphene, FeSiAl, Double-layer absorber, 3D printing, Electromagnetic wave absorption property