Multifunctional Bulk Hybrid Foam for Infrared Stealth, Thermal Insulation, and Microwave Absorption

Taking serious microwave pollution issues and the complex application environment into consideration, it is quite urgent to integrate several functions into one material. Electromagnetic (EM) absorbing materials with multiple functions are highly attractive to next-generation wireless techniques and portable electronic devices. Herein, melamine foam provides a decent platform for the uniform growth of Co-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), which bring the as-obtained hybrid foam with three-dimensional porous network structure and combination of dielectric along with magnetic attenuation abilities as advanced materials in multifunctional fields. Remarkably, the relevant microwave absorption (MA) performance of the hybrid foam can reach an extremely high reflection loss value of -59.82 dB. Furthermore, the hybrid foam exhibits excellent infrared stealth and optimiztic heat insulation function, demonstrating the potential in plenty of practical applications. These results may arouse interests and inspirations of the elaborately design and facilely synthesis of high-performance foamlike microwave absorbers with multiple functions.