Immobilization of Cerium(IV) Oxide onto Reduced Graphene Oxide in Epoxy Resin Matrix as Radar Absorbing Composite for X-band Region

Patricya Inggrid Wilhelmina Bolilanga; Rahmat Basuki; Yusuf Bramastya Apriliyanto; Agus Eko Prasojo; Ardyan Lazuardy; Reza Anitasari; Riyanti Putri; Nugroho Adi Sasongko; Arief Budi Santiko

doi:10.22146/ijc.94404

Immobilization of Cerium(IV) Oxide onto Reduced Graphene Oxide in Epoxy Resin Matrix as Radar Absorbing Composite for X-band Region

https://doi.org/10.22146/ijc.94404

Patricya Inggrid Wilhelmina Bolilanga⁽¹⁾, Rahmat Basuki^(2*), Yusuf Bramastya Apriliyanto⁽³⁾, Agus Eko Prasojo⁽⁴⁾, Ardyan Lazuardy⁽⁵⁾, Reza Anitasari⁽⁶⁾, Riyanti Putri⁽⁷⁾, Nugroho Adi Sasongko⁽⁸⁾, Arief Budi Santiko⁽⁹⁾

(1) Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Military Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Pertahanan RI, Bogor 16810, Indonesia
(2) Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Military Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Pertahanan RI, Bogor 16810, Indonesia
(3) Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Military Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Pertahanan RI, Bogor 16810, Indonesia
(4) Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Military Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Pertahanan RI, Bogor 16810, Indonesia
(5) Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Military Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Pertahanan RI, Bogor 16810, Indonesia
(6) Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Military Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Pertahanan RI, Bogor 16810, Indonesia
(7) Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Military Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Pertahanan RI, Bogor 16810, Indonesia
(8) Research Center for Sustainable Production Systems and Life Cycle Assessment, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Kawasan Puspiptek Serpong, Tangerang Selatan, Banten 15314, Indonesia
(9) Research Center for Telecommunication, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Jl. Sangkuriang, Bandung 40135, Indonesia
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract

The rGO/CeO₂/epoxy composite has been successfully prepared as radar absorbing material (RAM) for the X-band (8–12 GHz) region. The reduced graphene oxide (rGO) originated from pencil graphite oxide (GiO) was synthesized through the modified Hummer method. The synthesis of rGO/CeO₂/epoxy was conducted by immobilization of cerium(IV) oxide into rGO (rGO/CeO₂) via hydrothermal method and followed by composited the rGO/CeO₂ with epoxy resin matrix. Morphological analysis by SEM-EDX indicates that the rGO/CeO₂ structure appears to be a tangled layer of edges randomly aggregated, and CeO₂ is uniformly anchored on the rGO surface. From the diffractogram result of the XRD instrument, rGO exhibits changes in crystallinity, indicating a transformation of the interlayer structure from multilayer GiO to a single layer of rGO. The presence of Ce–O was indicated at wavenumber 553 cm⁻¹ of rGO/CeO₂ by FTIR. The microwave absorbing performance of rGO/CeO₂/epoxy conducted by vector network analyzer (VNA) showed that the RL value of the composite was −3.22 dB (47% of electromagnetic wave absorption) at a frequency of 9.25 GHz at the thickness of 1 mm composite. The composite has the promising prospect of being developed as a captivating candidate for the new type of microwave absorptive materials.

Keywords

reduced graphene oxide; cerium(IV) oxide; epoxy resin; radar absorbing material; composite

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22146/ijc.94404