RF shielding performance of thin flexible graphene nanoplatelets-based papers

Author

Tamburrano, Alessio ; Paliotta, L. ; Rinaldi, A. ; De Bellis, G. ; Sarto, M.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Astronaut., Electr. & Energy Eng., Sapienza Univ. of Rome, Rome, Italy

fYear

2014

fDate

4-8 Aug. 2014

Firstpage

186

Lastpage

191

Abstract

Thin and flexible freestanding graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs)-based paper-like materials are fabricated and experimentally characterized to assess their employment as radiofrequency electromagnetic interference shields. Samples are obtained by vacuum filtration of ultrasonicated suspensions. Different suspensions are prepared by mixing either acetone/DMF or acetone/NMP and worm-like exfoliated graphite expanded at the temperature of 1150 °C or 1250 °C for 5s. We investigated the effect of thermal annealing and mechanical compression on the sheet resistance, thickness, dc electrical conductivity and electromagnetic shielding of the produced GNP papers. Their shielding effectiveness (SE) is measured in the frequency range 10 MHz-18 GHz and validated by simulations. Electrical conductivity of 144 kS/m and SE as high as 55 dB are reached for a few microns thick GNP paper subjected to a compression of 5 MPa.

Keywords

annealing; electrical conductivity; electromagnetic shielding; filtration; graphene; graphite; paper; radiofrequency interference; suspensions; GNP-based paper-like materials; RF shielding performance; SE; acetone-DMF; acetone-NMP; dc electrical conductivity; frequency 10 MHz to 18 MHz; mechanical compression; radiofrequency electromagnetic interference shields; sheet resistance; shielding effectiveness; temperature 1150 degC; temperature 1250 degC; thermal annealing; thin flexible freestanding graphene nanoplatelets; time 5 s; ultrasonicated suspensions; vacuum filtration; worm-like exfoliated graphite; Annealing; Conductivity; Economic indicators; Frequency measurement; Graphene; Materials; Suspensions; electrical conductivity; gasket; graphene nanoplatelet; graphene paper; sheet resistance; shielding effectiveness;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), 2014 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Raleigh, NC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-5544-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEMC.2014.6898967

Filename

6898967