Anionic high-entropy doping engineering for electromagnetic wave absorption

Abstract High-entropy doping (HED) engineering surpasses conventional methods for optimizing atomic configurations and electronic structures, opening new paths for developing advanced electromagnetic wave absorbing (EWA) materials. However, the application of anionic HED engineering to tailor EWA me...

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Main Authors: Jiaqi Tao, Yi Yan, Jintang Zhou, Jin Wang, Ping Chen, Ruiyang Tan, Linling Xu, Hongbao Zhu, Wenhui Zhu, Hexia Huang, Xuewei Tao, Zhengjun Yao
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-04-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58448-4
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author Jiaqi Tao
Yi Yan
Jintang Zhou
Jin Wang
Ping Chen
Ruiyang Tan
Linling Xu
Hongbao Zhu
Wenhui Zhu
Hexia Huang
Xuewei Tao
Zhengjun Yao
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Yi Yan
Jintang Zhou
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Ruiyang Tan
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Zhengjun Yao
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description Abstract High-entropy doping (HED) engineering surpasses conventional methods for optimizing atomic configurations and electronic structures, opening new paths for developing advanced electromagnetic wave absorbing (EWA) materials. However, the application of anionic HED engineering to tailor EWA mechanisms remains unexplored. Herein, we employ in situ pyrolysis combined with a three-stage solvent thermal doping procedure to systematically induce anion multibody interactions, thereby facilitating the inheritance and accumulation of beneficial EWA properties. The research shows that anions with various electronegativities precisely balance free charges and create a significant localized charge imbalance, triggering the ‘directional cocktail effect’. This effect induces an optimal dielectric loss mechanism and enhances the EWA performance. With only 7.5 wt% filling, the effective absorption bandwidth and minimum reflection loss are 7.05 GHz and −60 dB, respectively. Overall, we report an anionic HED engineering within thin a graphite framework, which may be conceptually extendable for electromagnetic modulation of other two-dimensional van der Waals EWA materials.
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spelling doaj-art-60cb069c5c5342ca88ee77b2ae55014f2025-08-20T02:25:40ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232025-04-0116111110.1038/s41467-025-58448-4Anionic high-entropy doping engineering for electromagnetic wave absorptionJiaqi Tao0Yi Yan1Jintang Zhou2Jin Wang3Ping Chen4Ruiyang Tan5Linling Xu6Hongbao Zhu7Wenhui Zhu8Hexia Huang9Xuewei Tao10Zhengjun Yao11College of Materials Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Material Preparation and Protection for Harsh Environment, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsCollege of Materials Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Material Preparation and Protection for Harsh Environment, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsCollege of Materials Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Material Preparation and Protection for Harsh Environment, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsCollege of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsSchool of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing UniversitySchool of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing UniversitySchool of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing UniversityCollege of Materials Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Material Preparation and Protection for Harsh Environment, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsCollege of Materials Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Material Preparation and Protection for Harsh Environment, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsCollege of Materials Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Material Preparation and Protection for Harsh Environment, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Institute of TechnologyCollege of Materials Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Material Preparation and Protection for Harsh Environment, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsAbstract High-entropy doping (HED) engineering surpasses conventional methods for optimizing atomic configurations and electronic structures, opening new paths for developing advanced electromagnetic wave absorbing (EWA) materials. However, the application of anionic HED engineering to tailor EWA mechanisms remains unexplored. Herein, we employ in situ pyrolysis combined with a three-stage solvent thermal doping procedure to systematically induce anion multibody interactions, thereby facilitating the inheritance and accumulation of beneficial EWA properties. The research shows that anions with various electronegativities precisely balance free charges and create a significant localized charge imbalance, triggering the ‘directional cocktail effect’. This effect induces an optimal dielectric loss mechanism and enhances the EWA performance. With only 7.5 wt% filling, the effective absorption bandwidth and minimum reflection loss are 7.05 GHz and −60 dB, respectively. Overall, we report an anionic HED engineering within thin a graphite framework, which may be conceptually extendable for electromagnetic modulation of other two-dimensional van der Waals EWA materials.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58448-4
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Anionic high-entropy doping engineering for electromagnetic wave absorption
Nature Communications
title Anionic high-entropy doping engineering for electromagnetic wave absorption
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title_sort anionic high entropy doping engineering for electromagnetic wave absorption
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