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Peng Miao, Haonan Zhang, Mengyao Zhang, Kaiwang Lu, and Jie Kong, Dopamine-Assisted Core-Shell Co1-xS@C and Cu2S@C Composites for Efficient Microwave Absorption, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-026-3484-8
Peng Miao, Haonan Zhang, Mengyao Zhang, Kaiwang Lu, and Jie Kong, Dopamine-Assisted Core-Shell Co1-xS@C and Cu2S@C Composites for Efficient Microwave Absorption, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-026-3484-8
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Dopamine-Assisted Core-Shell Co1-xS@C and Cu2S@C Composites for Efficient Microwave Absorption

Abstract: Sulfides are widely used and crucial microwave absorbers, but the strong reducing nature of S<sup>2-</sup> renders Co<sub>9</sub>S<sub>8</sub> and CuS susceptible to oxidation in the presence of oxygen, moisture, or high temperatures, leading to structural degradation and instability in their dielectric and magnetic properties. Herein, we prepared core-shell structured Co<sub>1-x</sub>S@C and Cu<sub>2</sub>S@C composites under high temperatures by coated carbon layers on their surfaces. The incorporation of a carbon layer not only enhances the chemical stability of the sulfide phase but also enables modulation of the carbon layer’s electromagnetic parameters through controlled pyrolysis. This tunability facilitates improved impedance matching and consequently broadens the effective absorption bandwidth (EAB) of the Co<sub>9</sub>S<sub>8</sub> and CuS microwave absorbers. The as-prepared Co<sub>1-x</sub>S@C and Cu<sub>2</sub>S@C composites exhibit a minimum reflection loss (RL<sub>min</sub>) of -43.42 dB at 2.7 mm and -44.12 dB at 3.0 mm, respectively, while Co<sub>1-x</sub>S@C demonstrates an EAB of 5.01 GHz at 2.1 mm. Compared with Co<sub>9</sub>S<sub>8</sub> (-1.02 V) and CuS (-0.80 V), the corrosion potential of the carbon layers encapsulated by Co<sub>1-x</sub>S@C (-0.6 V) and Cu<sub>2</sub>S@C (-0.54 V) is significantly higher than that of the structures without carbon layer encapsulation, demonstrating better chemical stability and corrosion resistance. The introduction of the carbon layer as a heterogeneous interface simultaneously enhances the interface polarization loss. The use of the dopamine polymerization method provides a means to design broadband microwave absorption materials.

 

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