As electromagnetic technology advances and demand for electronic devices grows, concerns about electromagnetic pollution intensify. This has spurred focused research on innovative electromagnetic absorbers, particularly chalcogenides, noted for their superior absorption capabilities. In this study, we successfully synthesize 3R–TaS2 nanosheets using a straightforward calcination method for the first time. These nanosheets exhibit significant absorption capabilities in both the C-band (4–8 GHz) and Ku-band (12–18 GHz) frequency ranges. By optimizing the calcination process, the complex permittivity of TaS2 is enhanced, specifically for those synthesized at 1000 ℃ for 24 h. The nanosheets possess dual-band absorption properties, with a notable minimum reflection loss (RLmin) of −41.4 dB in the C-band, and an average absorption intensity exceeding 10 dB in C- and Ku-bands, in the absorbers with a thickness of 5.6 mm. Additionally, the 3R–TaS2 nanosheets are demonstrated to have an effective absorption bandwidth of 5.04 GHz (3.84–8.88 GHz) in the absorbers with thicknesses of 3.5–5.5 mm. The results highlight the multiple reflection effects in 3R–TaS2 as caused by their stacked structures, which could be promising low-frequency absorbers.


Although VB-Group transition metal disulfides (TMDs) VS2 nanomaterials with specific electronic properties and multiphase microstructures have shown fascinating potential in the field of electromagnetic wave (EMW) absorption, the efficient utilization of VS2 is limited by the technical bottleneck of its narrow effective absorption bandwidth (EAB) which is attributed to environmental instability and a deficient electromagnetic (EM) loss mechanism. In order to fully exploit the maximal utilization values of VS2 nanomaterials for EMW absorption through mitigating the chemical instability and optimizing the EM parameters, biomass-based glucose derived carbon (GDC) like sugar-coating has been decorated on the surface of stacked VS2 nanosheets via a facile hydrothermal method, followed by high-temperature carbonization. As a result, the modulation of doping amount of glucose injection solution (Glucose) could effectively manipulate the encapsulation degree of GDC coating on VS2 nanosheets, further implementing the EM response mechanisms of the VS2/GDC hybrids (coupling effect of conductive loss, interfacial polarization, relaxation, dipole polarization, defect engineering and multiple reflections and absorptions) through regulating the conductivity and constructing multi-interface heterostructures, as reflected by the enhanced EMW absorption performance to a great extent. The minimum reflection loss (Rmin) of VS2/GDC hybrids could reach −52.8 dB with a thickness of 2.7 mm at 12.2 GHz. Surprisingly, compared with pristine VS2, the EAB of the VS2/GDC hybrids increased from 2.0 to 5.7 GHz, while their environmental stability was effectively enhanced by virtue of GDC doping. Obviously, this work provides a promising candidate to realize frequency band tunability of EMW absorbers with exceptional performance and environmental stability.