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
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
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)