Electrostatic self-assembly of hierarchical MXene-NiO nanowire aerogels: Multi-mechanism synergy for high-efficiency electromagnetic wave absorption

Key Points

• Electromagnetic wave absorption efficiencies significantly improve with optimized nanowire configurations.
• Key metric shows over 90% absorption across a broad frequency range, particularly in the 2–18 GHz spectrum.
• Experimental design involves electrostatic self-assembly to create hierarchical MXene-NiO nanowire aerogels for analysis.
• Implications highlight potential applications in stealth technology and electromagnetic interference reduction.