journal article·2026-02

Vacancy‐Triggered Active Modulation on the Thermal Response of Interfacial Polarization Enables Highly Stable Broad‐Temperature Electromagnetic Wave Absorption

Xiaoke Lu, Xin Li, Kun Wei, Ziwei Yang, Weizhuo Gao, Hongcheng Xu, Chuanyu Zhang, Hailong Xu, Hongjing Wu, Xueyong Wei

Advanced Functional Materials· Volume 36· Issue 11
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Abstract

Abstract Maintaining stable electromagnetic wave absorption across wide temperature ranges hinges on utilizing the negative temperature response of interfacial polarization loss to compensate for increasing conductive loss at elevated temperatures. But the response amplitude is recognized as an uncontrollable parameter that passively relies on the temperature variation range, hindering the development of effective compensation. Herein, a strategy is proposed to actively amplify the temperature response amplitude of interfacial polarization through vacancy‐mediated thermal reconfiguration of interfacial charges. In SiC@ZnIn 2 S 4 heterostructures, controlled sulfur vacancy engineering enhances mobile interfacial charge density and thermal responsiveness, significantly enlarges interfacial charge density differentials before/after thermal excitation, achieving thermal response amplification of interfacial polarization. This active amplification mechanism achieves 93% compensation efficiency for excessive conductive loss during heating—a 65% improvement over passive systems. Consequently, optimized dynamic impedance matching maintains reflection loss below −10 dB in X‐band from room temperature to 300 °C. This work elucidates the mechanism of vacancy‐modulated interfacial charge dynamics via in situ characterization and multimodal calculations, while resolving the persistent challenge of temperature‐passive‐limited polarization response. The established paradigm of “vacancy‐triggered active modulation on the thermal response of interfacial polarization” provides a readily generalizable design framework for wide‐temperature electromagnetic functional materials.
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OpenAlex topics: Electromagnetic wave absorption materials · Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies · Electrical Contact Performance and Analysis

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Affiliations

Frontier Institute of Science and Technology Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710072 P. R. China

School of Instrument Science and Technology Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710049 P. R. China

School of Energy and Environment City University of Hong Kong Tat Chee Avenue Kowloon Tong Hong Kong 999077 P. R. China

State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing Northwestern Polytechnical University Xian 710072 P. R. China

MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under Extraordinary School of Physical Science and Technology Northwestern Polytechnical University Xi'an 710072 P. R. China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China · China Postdoctoral Science Foundation · Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities · Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi Province

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