Simultaneous Manipulation of Interfacial and Defects Polarization toward Zn/Co Phase and Ion Hybrids for Electromagnetic Wave Absorption

Abstract Rational manipulation of multimetal hybrid materials (HMs) with tunable substitution or phases is evolving as an effective strategy to meet the controllable electromagnetic (EM) properties and EM wave (EMW) absorption. Herein, a new thermodynamic and kinetic cocontrol strategy is proposed to construct Zn/Co bimetal HMs with tuning ion and phase hybridization for synergistic effect on EM properties for the first time. Auxiliary chelating agent triethanolamine (TEA) dominates the phase separation by stepwise Zn/Co deposition in metal–organic frameworks, then the pyrolysis process under gradient temperature give rise to controllable ion hybridization products due to thermal motion. Benefiting from the tunable collaboration between defects polarization and interfacial polarization, the 700 °C HMs exhibit ultrahigh EM parameters and EMW absorption, of which products with no TEA deliver the effective absorbing bandwidth of 4.80 GHz (1.6 mm) and minimum reflection loss of −45.85 dB. The results indicated that synergistic effect of ion and phase hybridization can improve the defects induced “polarization centers” and coherent interfaces induced interfacial polarization. Furthermore, the comprehensive research and deep understanding on respective contribution of hybridization forms provide a precise inspiration in developing bimetal and even multimetal ferrite with tunable hybridization structure.