Effective carbon nanotube/phenol formaldehyde resin based double-layer absorbers of microwave radiation: design and modeling

Phenol formaldehyde resin (PFR) based composites with multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) additives (2 and 5 wt.%) were prepared and their electromagnetic (EM) properties were investigated in Ka‐band frequency range (26–37 GHz). It was demonstrated that the combination of such materials in a double‐layered structure allows achievement of the significant attenuation of EM radiation. The electromagnetic response of considered double‐layered system was modeled by solving the electric field integral equation, utilizing the Green's function technique. Absorption up to 96% in the 26–37 GHz frequency band was both predicted and experimentally observed