Large-scale core-sheath heterostructural SiC nanowires were facilely grown on the surface of carbon fibers using a one-step chemical vapor infiltration process. The as-synthesized SiC nanowires consist of single crystalline SiC cores with a diameter of ∼30 nm and polycrystalline SiC sheaths with an average thickness of ∼60 nm. The formation mechanisms of core-sheath heterostructural SiC nanowires (SiC) were discussed in detail. The SiC-CF shows strong electromagnetic (EM) wave absorption performance with a maximum reflection loss value of -45.98 dB at 4.4 GHz. Moreover, being coated with conductive polymer polypyrrole (PPy) by a simple chemical polymerization method, the SiC-CF/PPy nanocomposites exhibited superior EM absorption abilities with maximum RL value of -50.19 dB at 14.2 GHz and the effective bandwidth of 6.2 GHz. The SiC-CF/PPy nanocomposites in this study are very promising as absorber materials with strong electromagnetic wave absorption performance.
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