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Although highly conductive pristine carbon networks, like recycled carbon fiber nonwovens (rCFNWs), have excellent far-field shielding effects (~43 dB) in theory, their purely reflection-oriented mechanisms cause severe secondary signal interference in practical near-field applications due to reflective inefficiency. This study suggests employing a custom-formulated silicone-carbon nanotube (Si-CNT) composite to switch to an absorption-based shielding mechanism in order to get around these restrictions. This study used FE-SEM, Raman spectroscopy, XPS, ICP-AES, FTIR, and TGA-DTG to systematically investigate the morphological, chemical, and thermal properties of the rCFNW, Si-CNT composite, and a Cu-integrated variant (Si-CNT-Cu). Surface reflection was greatly reduced by adding CNTs to the silicone matrix, converting the materials into absorption-oriented localized shielding composite materials (~16 dB). Both the designed Si-CNT membrane and the Cu-integrated Si-CNT-Cu product totally eliminated the 850 MHz switching noise peak (&gt;40 dBuV) in real near-field tests of commercial LED modules running under worst-case conditions (5.36 A). Additionally, the bare Si-CNT membrane showed a lower coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) in the thermomechanical analysis (TMA) than the Si-CNT-Cu product. On the other hand, the macroscopic integration of Cu wires in the Si-CNT-Cu composite provided remarkable thermomechanical stability, preventing thermal softening by preserving an exceptionally high storage modulus of 97.54 MPa at 198 \u00b0C, according to dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA). 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