Abstract
The current study describes the fabrication of a bilayer microwave absorber made of magnetic Sr2FeReO6 (SRO) powder and a magnetoelectric nanocomposite formed of rod-like magnetic Sr2FeReO6 powder wrapped in polygonal SnS2 powder (SRSS), which was then annealed and analyzed. The analysis of phase constituents, as well as morphological and magnetic measurements, revealed that rod and polygonal particles with soft magnetic properties were successfully synthesized. Additionally, our findings showed that 30:70 wt ratio nanocomposite powders were unable to exhibit broad X-band frequency absorption capabilities. Due to the bi-layer absorber's rational design, the reflection loss was found to be increased and reached -33 dB at 10.3 GHz by covering practically the whole X-band frequency with only 2.5 mm of thickness. The prepared absorber's optimum design included SRSS nanocomposite powder as an absorbing layer with a 1.5 mm thickness and SnS2 powder as a matching layer. The exceptional electromagnetic wave dissipation performance of bi-layer samples compared to single-layer absorber samples may be the result of multiple interfaces being formed as a result of controlling component morphology and composition as well as the absorber's design, which enhanced critical absorbing factors like various polarization phenomena and relaxation losses. The research presented here suggests a simple method for enhancing microwave dissipation performance with a broad absorption band based on the development of heterojunction structures and the integration of various loss processes.