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Solution‐Processed Ti3C2Tx MXene Antennas for Radio‐Frequency Communication
Advanced materials (Weinheim), v 33(1), pp 1-n/a
07 Jan 2021
PMID: 33251683
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Abstract
Highly integrated, flexible, and ultrathin wireless communication components are in significant demand due to the explosive growth of portable and wearable electronic devices in the fifth‐generation (5G) network era, but only conventional metals meet the requirements for emerging radio‐frequency (RF) devices so far. Here, it is reported on Ti3C2Tx MXene microstrip transmission lines with low‐energy attenuation and patch antennas with high‐power radiation at frequencies from 5.6 to 16.4 GHz. The radiation efficiency of a 5.5 µm thick MXene patch antenna manufactured by spray‐coating from aqueous solution reaches 99% at 16.4 GHz, which is about the same as that of a standard 35 µm thick copper patch antenna at about 15% of its thickness and 7% of the copper weight. MXene outperforms all other materials evaluated for patch antennas to date. Moreover, it is demonstrated that an MXene patch antenna array with integrated feeding circuits on a conformal surface has comparable performance with that of a copper antenna array at 28 GHz, which is a target frequency in practical 5G applications. The versatility of MXene antennas in wide frequency ranges coupled with the flexibility, scalability, and ease of solution processing makes MXene promising for integrated RF components in various flexible electronic devices.
MXene microstrip patch antennas with ultrahigh‐power radiation in a wide frequency range are fabricated by spray‐coating. The radiation efficiency of a 5.5 µm thick MXene patch antenna reaches 99% at 16.4 GHz, which is about the same as that of a 35 µm thick copper patch antenna. MXene outperforms all other materials evaluated for patch antennas to date.
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- Title
- Solution‐Processed Ti3C2Tx MXene Antennas for Radio‐Frequency Communication
- Creators
- Meikang Han - Drexel UniversityYuqiao Liu - Drexel UniversityRoman Rakhmanov - Drexel UniversityChristopher Israel - Villanova UniversityMd Abu Saleh Tajin - Drexel UniversityGary Friedman - Drexel UniversityVladimir Volman - Lockheed MartinAhmad Hoorfar - Villanova UniversityKapil R. Dandekar - Drexel UniversityYury Gogotsi - Drexel University, Materials Science and Engineering
- Publication Details
- Advanced materials (Weinheim), v 33(1), pp 1-n/a
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 7
- Grant note
- Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd Drexel University National Institutes of Health (U01EB023035) National Science Foundation (CNS‐1816387)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Electrical and Computer Engineering; C. and J. Nyheim Plasma Institute; Materials Science and Engineering; A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000594740200001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85096866135
- Other Identifier
- 991019168038804721
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- Industry collaboration
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
- Chemistry, Physical
- Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
- Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
- Physics, Applied
- Physics, Condensed Matter