Table 1 Material combination and EMI SE of engineered carbon fabric and carbon fabric composites.

From: Mechanical and electromagnetic shielding properties of carbon fabric with graphene nanoplatelets reinforced epoxy composites

Primary reinforcement

Secondary reinforcement

Matrix

t(mm)

EMISE

Ref

Type of fabric/fibre

Area density (g.m−²)

Type of filler

Concentration

(Wt.%)

SEA

SER

SET

Plain Weave/Plain-3 K-T300

250

Nickel

1

Bisphenol A type Epoxy

1

23

12

35

3

3D carbon fabric mat/ACG-3 K200 T-1000

200

Ni & Ni Fe2O4

10–40

ABS

0.92

10

52

62

4

Carbon fabric/WOS1002

125

Ag nanowires

0.78

PU

< 0.5

10

100

110

5

Continuous carbon fabrics

147

Ag Nanoparticle ink

25

−

460 μm

101

14

104

6

UD Fabric Plain weave/T300-3 KCF

213

Conductive Silver complex

91.46%

 

10

−

−

52

7

Continuous carbon fiber

−

−

66%-fibre const.

Low-melting polyaryletherketone

0.38(6- layers)

40

20

60

8

PAN-based carbon fibre/T300-3 K CF

240

PAI/Ti3C2Tx nanosheets

4

PEEK

2

33

11

42

9

PET Nonwoven fabric

150

SWCNT/rGO

2

Di glycidyl, either of bisphenol A Epoxy

0.6

38

2

40

10

Glass Fabric

340

MWCNT/SCF

Fe3O4 Nano particles

1-Fe3O4

2000 SCF/mm2

0.3-MWCNT

Epoxy

10 Layers

82

4

86

11

Plain woven CF

200

MWCNT Continuous GO filaments

15 MWCNT

Epoxy

1

−

−

32

12

UD carbon fabric/T700SC-12 K-60E, Qusi-isotropic [0°/90°/45°/−45°]4 s

300

 

−

Polyamide − 6

2

46

13

59

13

Continuous GF woven mat

 

TiO2 and Co nanoparticles

1

Bisphenol A type Epoxy

−

−

−

101

14

UD-CF

180

 

10 layers

Epoxy

2.3

18

9

27

15

Pitch-based XN80

Continuous Carbon Fiber pre-pregs

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125

 

4 layers

Epoxy

0.55

16

10

26

16

Porous CF mat with

200

Ag/PDA

30 Layers

 

30

72

30

102

17

Continuous carbon fibre fabric

300

MWCNT

3

Epoxy

2

40

11

51

18

UD prepreg/CCF800H/AC631

135

Carbon nanofibre sheet

10

C-P-P-C

2.2

18

6

24

19