A facile self-assembled polymerization method has been used to form pyrrole to an ultralight three-dimensional (3D) polypyrrole (PPy) aerogel. It exhibits an effective electromagnetic absorption (EA) bandwidth (deeper than −10 dB), which was characterized as 6.2 GHz when the filler loading is only 7 wt. % in paraffin based composite. This 3D-PPy aerogel can be considered as a light weight, low adjunction, thin thickness, and high performance EA material.

A strategy has been adopted to regulate the dielectric properties of polypyrrole microparticles for good electromagnetic absorption performance through an interfacial synthesis process. Classical Debye relaxation theory and resistor-capacitor model have been employed to illustrate the electromagnetic dissipation mechanism of polypyrrole microparticles. The prepared polypyrrole microparticles exhibit an effective electromagnetic absorption bandwidth 5.48 GHz (deeper than −10 dB) from 12.52 to 18 GHz with a filler loading of 15 wt. % in paraffin. It was demonstrated that the morphologies of conducting polymers can significantly affect the dissipation of electromagnetic waves, supplying a strategy for the design of effective electromagnetic absorption materials.

Micro carbonaceous spheres have been successfully synthesized from watermelon via a one-pot hydrothermal reaction.

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