Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering
>> 2015,
Volume 2,
Issue 4
doi:
10.15302/J-FASE-2015082
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Cellulose aerogels decorated with multi-walled carbon nanotubes: preparation, characterization, and application for electromagnetic interference shielding
Material Science and Engineering College, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
Accepted: 2016-01-11
Available online: 2016-01-19
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Abstract
Electromagnetic wave pollution has attracted extensive attention because of its ability to affect the operation of electronic machinery and endanger human health. In this work, the environmentally-friendly hybrid aerogels consisting of cellulose and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were fabricated. The aerogels have a low bulk density of 58.17 mg·cm . The incorporation of MWCNTs leads to an improvement in the thermal stability. In addition, the aerogels show a high electromagnetic interference (EMI) value of 19.4 dB. Meanwhile, the absorption-dominant shielding mechanism helps a lot to reduce secondary radiation, which is beneficial to develop novel eco-friendly EMI shielding materials.