The Optimal Performance of a Geopolymer Hollow Pyramidal Microwave Absorber with Triangular Slotted

Abstract

In recent year, the development of the electronic devices is rapidly growing and that was used in entire world but electronic devices generate the electromagnetic wave (EM) radiation. That radiation can affect the people’s health and interference normal operation of other electronic devices. Hence the researchers have conducted studies in the field of microwave absorption to reduce the risk of electromagnetic (EM) radiation. Microwave absorber comes with many form and material to enhance the absorption performance. This study aims to improve absorption performance of pyramidal geopolymer microwave absorber by using slotted design. The slotted design used on pyramidal geopolymer microwave absorber is triangular shape and that shape was isosceles triangle type. The hollow pyramidal was coated with a geopolymer absorbing material to form hollow pyramidal microwave absorber. Geopolymers are formed by a process called geopolymerization, which involves the chemical bonding of the ingredients together. This study used sodium silicate (Na2SiO3), sodium hydroxide (NaOH), and Powder Activated Carbon (PAC) to make geopolymer absorbing material. Measurement had been done successfully via far field measurement using arch method at 1 GHz to 12 GHz. The absorptivity of hollow pyramidal triangular slotted geopolymer microwave absorber is observed at each frequency band covering the L, S, C and X bands. The result is compared with their maximum absorption in each frequency band and also shows geopolymer material produces good absorption performance. The result shows triangular slotted design is capable of achieving very high absorption performance which is -26.32 dB.