Stepwise Construction of Multi‐Phase Heterointerfaces for Dielectric Decoupling and Enhanced Microwave Absorption
ABSTRACT High‐performance dielectric microwave absorbing materials (MAMs) face a persistent trade‐off between impedance matching and attenuation due to the inherent coupling of real ( ε ′) and imaginary ( ε ″) permittivity. Herein, a sequential interface engineering (SIE) strategy is proposed to achieve dielectric decoupling by stepwise constructing multi‐phase heterointerfaces on reduced graphene oxide. Using a lacunary polyoxometalate [SiW 9 O 34 ] 10− as an atomically precise molecular scaffold to sequentially integrate Fe 2+ , Mn 2+ and Gd 3+ , we programmed a controlled thermal evolution from single‐phase FeWO 4 to dual‐phase FeWO 4 /MnWO 4 and to tri‐phase FeWO 4 /MnWO 4 /Gd 2 W 2 O 9 heterostructures. This “interface‐by‐interface” assembly allows for a stable ε ′ baseline maintained by the tungsten‐oxygen system, while ε ″ is independently enhanced by the increasing density of heterojunctions. Specifically, the FeWO 4 /MnWO 4 interface boosts interfacial polarization, elevating the minimum reflection loss (RL min ) from −42.95 dB to −60.39 dB. Subsequent introduction of Gd 3+ induces a distinct Gd 2 W 2 O 9 phase that diversifies polarization relaxation pathways, significantly broadening effective absorption bandwidth (EAB) from 6.08 to 8.24 GHz with a further improved RL min to ‐62.43 dB. Density functional theory calculations confirm substantial interfacial charge transfer and built‐in electric fields at each stage. This work establishes a rational “molecular‐to‐nano” paradigm for precision heterostructure design, offering a versatile blueprint for programming interfacial electronic environments for functional materials.
Authors
- 徐雪瑶
- Rongqing Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2276-3351)
- Huijuan Yue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8410-7443)
- Y Zhang
- Meiling Zhu
- Yinghan Zhang
- Jinzhao SHI
- Wan Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1015-0371)
- Lianjun Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3709-9801)
- Qi Zheng
- Zhangming Fu
Institutions
- Donghua University (CN)
- Jilin University (CN)
- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry
Publication Details
- Journal
- Small
- Published
- 2026-05-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.73828
- Primary Topic
- Electromagnetic wave absorption materials
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Aeronautical Science Foundation of China
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities