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Cong Yi1,2, Jiaxun Hu1,2, Juan Wang1,2
1School of Rare Earths, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Abstract:
The proliferation of 5G/6G networks and high-frequency electronics has intensifies the demand for ultrabroadband microwave absorbers, while achieving such performance in a single-phase magnetic material remains challenging due to intrinsic resonance-bandwidth limits. Herein, we report a crystallographic-site-selective rare-earth ions co-doping strategy to engineer magnetocrystalline anisotropy in M-type BaFe12O19 (BaM) hexaferrites. By precisely substituting Sc3+ and Yb3+ into the anisotropy-critical 4f2, 2a, and 12k sublattices-confirmed via neutron powder diffraction, X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy, and density functional theory-the uniaxial anisotropy field is orthogonally suppressed, activating dual ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) modes. This dual resonance behavior broadens magnetic loss dispersion, redshifts natural resonance frequency, and simultaneously improves impedance matching. The optimized Ba1.08Fe10.8Yb0.2Sc1.0O19 composition achieves an ultra-wide effective absorption bandwidth (EAB) of 9.02 GHz (2.01 mm thickness). This study establishes an intrinsic, rare-earth-enabled design paradigm for scalable, high-performance microwave absorbers, with direct implications for electromagnetic interference suppression, stealth coatings, and next-generation wireless communication technologies.
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