Compositional and Hollow Engineering of Silicon Carbide/Carbon Microspheres as High-Performance Microwave Absorbing Materials with Good Environmental Tolerance

Lixue Gai; Yahui Wang; Pan Wan; Shuping Yu; Yongzheng Chen; Xijiang Han; Ping Xu; Yunchen Du

doi:10.1007/s40820-024-01369-6

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