Microwave absorbing properties of hydrogen plasma in single wall carbon nanotubes

The complex permittivity of hydrogen plasma in single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), which were grown by iron-catalyzed high-pressure disproportionation (HiPco), is deduced using double-fluid theory and phenomenological model. We calculate the absorptional attenuations of microwave in HiPco SWNTs in the range of 300 MHz–30 GHz under different conditions. The experimental phenomenon of strong microwave absorption (around 2.45 GHz) by hydrogen plasma in HiPco SWNTs can be explained numerically. The influences of the liberal electron density and electronic effective collision frequency on microwave absorption are presented theoretically.