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Novel hollow urchin-like α/γ-MnO2 boost microwave absorption

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The synthesis of novel structural materials is one of the hot topics in advanced materials. Herein, the hollow urchin-like structure of manganese dioxide (MnO2) was synthesized via a one-step hydrothermal strategy, demonstrating exceptional microwave absorption properties. The multiphase MnO2 has a hollow urchin-like structure composed of α-MnO2 and γ-MnO2, which exhibits outstanding impedance matching characteristics and favorable attenuation abilities. In the frequency range of 2–18 GHz, the hollow urchin-like α/γ-MnO2 presents excellent microwave absorption with the minimum reflection loss (RLmin) of − 53.3 dB at 14.17 GHz with a thickness of only 1.9 mm, and the corresponding effective absorption bandwidth (EAB) can reach 5.45 GHz at the same thickness. Meanwhile, the hollow urchin-like α/γ-MnO2 shows a practical microwave absorption capacity of approximately with EAB of 4.97 GHz at the ultrathin thickness of 1.5 mm via adjusting absorbent concentration. This study confirms the exceptional performance of the material in terms of its microwave absorption, providing valuable insights for the development of environmentally friendly, cost-effective, and high-performance materials.

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This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2021YFB3501301) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51731001, 11805006, 52071009).

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  1. State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

    Tao Zhu, Jinbo Yang, Changsheng Wang & Wenyun Yang

  2. Department of Physics and Electronics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 100029, Beijing, China

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    Jinbo Yang

  4. Yangtze Delta Institute of Optoelectronics, Peking University, 226010, Nantong, Jiangsu, China

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TZ contributed toward data curation, formal analysis, investigation, and writing—original draft. RW contributed toward data curation, formal analysis, and writing—original draft. JY contributed toward project administration, resources, supervision, and writing—review & editing. CW contributed toward resources, supervision, and writing—review & editing. WW contributed toward project administration, resources, supervision, validation, writing—original draft, and writing—review & editing. WY contributed toward project administration, resources, supervision, validation, writing—original draft, and writing—review & editing.

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Zhu, T., Wang, R., Yang, J. et al. Novel hollow urchin-like α/γ-MnO2 boost microwave absorption. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 2149 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-11553-w

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