Constructing Conductive Network in Hybrid Perovskite for a Highly Efficient Microwave Absorption System

Abstract

Abstract Electronic devices have brought huge convenience to daily lives; however, a large amount of electromagnetic radiation pollution is generated. Therefore, an urgent demand for electromagnetic wave absorbing materials featuring “low thickness, wide frequency band and strong absorption” is put forward. Here, a strategy of introducing a conductive carbon nanotubes (CNTs) network into CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 (MAPbI 3 ) is developed to construct an electromagnetic wave absorbing system. As the absorption center, MAPbI 3 dominates the absorption band via an electric polarization process. Meanwhile, the CNTs construct an efficient conductive network, which supply a transmission path for free electrons inside the MAPbI 3 crystals and enhance conduction loss. In comparison with the insulated network formed by MoO 3 /MAPbI 3 , it is speculated that the broadened absorption bandwidth and reduced absorption thickness originate from the conductive network of CNTs. As a result, when the CNTs is 7.7% (mass ratio), the reflection loss strength of MAPbI 3 /CNTs reaches −57.71 dB at 13.96 GHz and the corresponding effective absorption bandwidth is 6.32 GHz (11.68–18.00 GHz), with an absorber thickness of 1.96 mm. The method of constructing conductive network proves a great potential of hybrid perovskite in the field of electromagnetic wave absorption and provides feasible strategies for the absorption regulation of dielectric loss‐type materials.