High-performance microwave absorption materials based on MoS2-graphene isomorphic hetero-structures

Highlights: • The MoS₂/graphene hybrid nanosheets are prepared by a facile synthesis route. • The MoS₂-graphene isomorphic hetero-structures exhibit excellent microwave absorption properties. • The hybrid nanosheets are tuned to have a high efficiency and a broad bandwidth by tailoring their content and thickness. • The mechanisms of high-performance microwave absorption of MoS₂/GN hybrid nanosheets are elucidated. Two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials have become a new class of microwave absorption (MA) materials due to their high specific surface area and peculiar electronic properties. In this study, MoS₂/graphene 2D hybrid nanosheets with isomorphic hetero-structures are prepared by liquid exfoliation and hydrothermal reaction. Their chemical composition and morphology are characterized and their MA properties are also investigated comprehensively. The minimum reflection loss (RL) value of an absorber containing wax and 20 wt% MoS₂/graphene hybrid nanosheets (MoS₂/GN) is −55.3 dB at a thickness of only 1.6 mm. The largest effective absorption bandwidth is up to 5.6 GHz for an absorber containing wax and 15 wt% MoS₂/GN at a thickness of 2.2 mm. The enhanced MA performance of MoS₂/GN is attributed to the high electrical conductivity of graphene and the multiple MoS₂/graphene interfaces in the heterogeneous structures. The results suggest that those light-weight MoS₂/graphene hybrid nanosheets are very promising materials for electromagnetic wave absorbing, which can exhibit broad effective absorption bandwidth in the absorber containing low loadings of MA materials at a small thickness. Besides, the facile preparation of MoS₂/graphene hybrid nanosheets reported in this work provides a feasible and effective approach in the synthesis of high-performance 2D MA nanomaterials.