RT Journal Article A1 Weiming ZHANG,Fu-Zhi DAI,Huimin XIANG,Biao ZHAO,Xiaohui WANG,Na NI,Rajamallu KARRE,Shijiang WU,Yanchun ZHOU; AD Science and Technology on Advanced Functional Composite Laboratory, 中国 ; Science and Technology on Advanced Functional Composite Laboratory, 中国 ; Science and Technology on Advanced Functional Composite Laboratory, 中国 ; Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, 中国 ; Key Lab of Education Ministry for Power Machinery and Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, 中国 ; Key Lab of Education Ministry for Power Machinery and Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, 中国 ; 淄博启明星新材料股份有限公司, 1440581274025177089, 中国 ; Science and Technology on Advanced Functional Composite Laboratory, 中国 T1 Enabling highly efficient and broadband electromagnetic wave absorption by tuning impedance match in high-entropy transition metal diborides (HE TMB2) YR 2021 IS 6 vo 10 OP 1299-OP 1316 K1 microwave absorption;electronic structure;transition metal diboride (TMB2);high-entropy (HE) ceramics;dielectric and magnetic losses coupling AB The advance in communication technology has triggered worldwide concern on electromagnetic wave pollution. To cope with this challenge, exploring high-performance electromagnetic (EM) wave absorbing materials with dielectric and magnetic losses coupling is urgently required. Of the EM wave absorbers, transition metal diborides (TMB2) possess excellent dielectric loss capability. However, akin to other single dielectric materials, poor impedance match leads to inferior performance. High-entropy engineering is expected to be effective in tailoring the balance between dielectric and magnetic losses through compositional design. Herein, three HE TMB2 powders with nominal equimolar TM including HE TMB2-1 (TM = Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta), HE TMB2-2 (TM = Ti, Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta), and HE TMB2-3 (TM = Cr, Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta) have been designed and prepared by one-step boro/carbothermal reduction. As a result of synergistic effects of strong attenuation capability and impedance match, HE TMB2-1 shows much improved performance with the optimal minimum reflection loss (RLmin) of -59.6 dB (8.48 GHz, 2.68 mm) and effective absorption bandwidth (EAB) of 7.6 GHz (2.3 mm). Most impressively, incorporating Cr in HE TMB2-3 greatly improves the impedance match over 1-18 GHz, thus achieving the RLmin of -56.2 dB (8.48 GHz, 2.63 mm) and the EAB of 11.0 GHz (2.2 mm), which is superior to most other EM wave absorbing materials. This work reveals that constructing high-entropy compounds, especially by incorporating magnetic elements, is effectual in tailoring the impedance match for highly conductive compounds, i.e., tuning electrical conductivity and boosting magnetic loss to realize highly efficient and broadband EM wave absorption with dielectric and magnetic coupling in single-phase materials. SN 2226-4108 LA EN