Divalent metal-ions blowing strategy achieved 3D luffa aerogels heterostructure for lightweight broadband microwave absorber

Explicitly, effective dispersion configuration and hierarchical network construction are two practicable measures to develop the broadband and lightweight absorbers. Based on the newly developed sugar blowing art, 3D Luffa aerogels heterostructure have been successfully developed through metal ion assisted caramel blowing (MCB) strategy. The Luffa foam hierarchical configuration with those dielectric, magnetic, and porous interfaces can be all achieved. Such hierarchical 3D lightweight aerogels are facilitated to building effective impedance matching networks (2.4 wt%) and exhibit an optimized polarization relaxation. Thus, the effective absorbing bandwidth (EAB) of the Luffa aerogel can be broadened up to 8.0 GHz. Moreover, the MCB strategy can be applicable to a wide range of divalent metal ions (Co²⁺, Ni²⁺, Mn²⁺, Zn²⁺ et al.). This study provides a new method for efficient synthesis of aerogel network structures and opens a way to realize lightweight and broadband electromagnetic wave absorbing (EWA) materials.