Porous Fe hollow nanospheres (HNs) were fabricated successfully through hydrogen thermal reduction on solvothermal synthesized Fe 3 O 4 HNs. The electromagnetic wave (EMW) absorption performances of the porous Fe 3 O 4 and Fe HNs were investigated in 2.0−18.0 GHz. Owing to an optimized matching from the modulated permittivity and increased permeability, the porous Fe HNs exhibited remarkably enhanced EMW absorption than porous Fe 3 O 4 HNs as well as previously reported Fe-based absorbers. The minimum reflection loss (RL) for porous Fe HNs reached −47.1 dB at 15.2 GHz, and the matching thickness was as thin as 1.69 mm. The effective bandwidth (RL < −10 dB) from 13.2 to 18.0 GHz at 1.69 mm almost covered the whole K u band. Our results provided a highly efficient and ultrathin EMW absorber with easy preparation, strong absorption, broad bandwidth, and lightweight.