A review on electrospinning nanofibers in the field of microwave absorption

Abstract As important functional materials for absorbing and attenuating incident electromagnetic waves, microwave absorption (MA) materials have found a wide range of applications in civil and military fields. In addition to the study of the compositions, the structural design of the MA materials is also a research hotspot in the field. Among the various structures, the one-dimensional (1D) structure has drawn wide attention because of the unique shape anisotropy and spatial confinement effect. Electrospinning technology has become one of the main ways to prepare continuous 1D micro-nano fibers due to the advantages of many types of spinnable materials, low spinning cost, and high controllability of process parameters. This review involves an introduction and a classification of the research progresses achieved in electrospinning technology concerning MA nanofibers from the perspective of compositions, as well as the list of their minimum reflection loss (RLmin) and effective absorption bandwidth (EAB).