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Flower-like Co superstructures composed of leaf-like flakes were synthesized via a facile hydrothermal approach independent of surfactants or complex precursors. The evolution of the morphology and crystal phase was closely related to the variation of the electrode potentials, in which NaOH and hydrazine hydrate played crucial roles. The microwave electromagnetic and absorbing properties of the flower-like Co/wax composites varied strongly with the mass ratios (l) of Co powder to wax. At the low l of Co powder to wax, flower-like Co superstructures functioned as the random distributed patches in wax matrix and, therefore composites exhibited frequency selective surface (FSS) behaviors. Owing to high conductance and eddy current losses, however, composites with high l showed excellent microwave absorption performances, with a minimum reflection loss (R L ) of À40.25 dB observed at 6.08 GHz, corresponding to a matching thickness of 2.5 mm. In particular, the absorption bandwidth (R L # À20 dB) was 13.28 GHz. The current work provides insights into the absorption mechanism of flower-like complex absorption materials.

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Hierarchical structured ZnFeO@SiO@RGO core-shell nanocomposites were prepared via a "coating-coating" route, and its structure, composition and electromagnetic properties were characterized. Compared with the binary composites of ZnFeO@SiO, the hierarchical ZnFeO@SiO@RGO ternary composites exhibited enhanced electromagnetic wave (EMW) absorption properties in terms of the effective bandwidth and minimum reflection loss (RL). Furthermore, EMW absorption properties of the prepared samples can be tuned by changing RGO content and thickness of SiO layer to reach the best impedance match. The minimum RL of the sample with a thickness of 2.8 mm can reach -43.9 dB at 13.9 GHz, and its effective bandwidth (RL ≤ -10 dB) was up to 6 GHz. Hence, the obtained products can be a new candidate for lightweight EMW absorbing materials.

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