Nano-Micro Letters, Volume. 17, Issue 1, 024(2025)

Defects-Rich Heterostructures Trigger Strong Polarization Coupling in Sulfides/Carbon Composites with Robust Electromagnetic Wave Absorption

Jiaolong Liu1... Siyu Zhang1, Dan Qu1, Xuejiao Zhou2, Moxuan Yin3, Chenxuan Wang3, Xuelin Zhang4, Sichen Li2, Peijun Zhang1, Yuqi Zhou1, Kai Tao6, Mengyang Li1,*, Bing Wei1,** and Hongjing Wu5,*** |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1School of Physics, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, People’s Republic of China
  • 2School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, State Key Discipline Laboratory of Wide Band Gap Semiconductor Technology, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, People’s Republic of China
  • 3School of Microelectronics, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, People’s Republic of China
  • 4School of Telecommunication Engineering, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, People’s Republic of China
  • 5MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry Under Extraordinary, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, People’s Republic of China
  • 6The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Systems for Aerospace, School of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, People’s Republic of China
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    Defects-rich heterointerfaces integrated with adjustable crystalline phases and atom vacancies, as well as veiled dielectric-responsive character, are instrumental in electromagnetic dissipation. Conventional methods, however, constrain their delicate constructions. Herein, an innovative alternative is proposed: carrageenan-assistant cations-regulated (CACR) strategy, which induces a series of sulfides nanoparticles rooted in situ on the surface of carbon matrix. This unique configuration originates from strategic vacancy formation energy of sulfides and strong sulfides-carbon support interaction, benefiting the delicate construction of defects-rich heterostructures in MxSy/carbon composites (M-CAs). Impressively, these generated sulfur vacancies are firstly found to strengthen electron accumulation/consumption ability at heterointerfaces and, simultaneously, induct local asymmetry of electronic structure to evoke large dipole moment, ultimately leading to polarization coupling, i.e., defect-type interfacial polarization. Such “Janus effect” (Janus effect means versatility, as in the Greek two-headed Janus) of interfacial sulfur vacancies is intuitively confirmed by both theoretical and experimental investigations for the first time. Consequently, the sulfur vacancies-rich heterostructured Co/Ni-CAs displays broad absorption bandwidth of 6.76 GHz at only 1.8 mm, compared to sulfur vacancies-free CAs without any dielectric response. Harnessing defects-rich heterostructures, this one-pot CACR strategy may steer the design and development of advanced nanomaterials, boosting functionality across diverse application domains beyond electromagnetic response.

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    Jiaolong Liu, Siyu Zhang, Dan Qu, Xuejiao Zhou, Moxuan Yin, Chenxuan Wang, Xuelin Zhang, Sichen Li, Peijun Zhang, Yuqi Zhou, Kai Tao, Mengyang Li, Bing Wei, Hongjing Wu. Defects-Rich Heterostructures Trigger Strong Polarization Coupling in Sulfides/Carbon Composites with Robust Electromagnetic Wave Absorption[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2025, 17(1): 024

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Jun. 21, 2024

    Accepted: Aug. 16, 2024

    Published Online: Feb. 12, 2025

    The Author Email: Li Mengyang (limengyang@xidian.edu.cn), Wei Bing (bwei@xidian.edu.cn), Wu Hongjing (wuhongjing@nwpu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s40820-024-01515-0

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