J. Mater. Sci. Technol. ›› 2025, Vol. 236: 19-27.DOI: 10.1016/j.jmst.2025.03.020

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Multiphase Co/Ni metal nitrides with heterointerfaces for enhanced interfacial polarization loss in electromagnetic wave absorption

Zhiqiang Guoa,b, Junwen Renc,1, Xianzhen Xub, Di Lana,*, Siyuan Zhangd, Mukun Hed, Zhenguo Gaob,e, Zirui Jiab,*, Guanglei Wub,*   

  1. aSchool of Automotive Materials, Hubei University of Automotive Technology, Shiyan 442002, China;
    bCollege of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China;
    cCollege of Electrical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China;
    dSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China;
    eNanotechnology Center, School of Fashion and Textiles, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong 999077, China
  • Received:2025-03-16 Revised:2025-03-29 Accepted:2025-03-31 Published:2025-11-20 Online:2025-12-02
  • Contact: *E-mail addresses: landi@mail.nwpu.edu.cn (D. Lan), jiazirui@qdu.edu.cn (Z. Jia), wuguanglei@mail.xjtu.edu.cn , wuguanglei@qdu.edu.cn (G. Wu)
  • About author:1These authors contributed equally to this work

Abstract: Metal nitrides exhibit excellent properties and application potential as electromagnetic wave (EMW) ab-sorbing materials. Their high conductivity and adjustable dielectric properties allow them to effectively attenuate EMW. However, the current research on the synergistic effect of metal nitrides is scarce and has limited applications in the field of EMW absorption. In this work, Co/Ni metal-nitride fiber composites with multiphase structures were constructed by electrostatic spinning and multiphase composite process. The synergistic loss mechanism of multiphase structure and N atomic modulation is explored by modu-lating the components and microstructure of the materials. By constructing the multiphase composites, the controllable tuning of non-homogeneous interfaces and the enhanced interfacial polarization loss ef-fect were achieved. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy was used to analyze the charge transfer ca-pability at the interface of multiphase Co/Ni metal nitride fiber composites. Through the controllable reg-ulation of the multiphase structure, the Co/Ni bimetallic nitride fiber composite (Co5.47 N/Ni4 N/CF) exhib-ited the strongest polarization loss capability, achieving a minimum reflection loss (RLmin ) of-43.82 dB and a maximum effective absorption bandwidth (EABmax ) of 7.04 GHz. This study provides a valuable reference for multiphase composites in the field of EMW absorption by exploring the polarization loss mechanism of Co/Ni metal nitride multiphase materials.

Key words: Multiphase composite, Heterogeneous interface, Polarization loss, Electromagnetic wave absorption