Journal
JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS
Volume 500, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2020.166413
Keywords
Fe/Mg doped In2O3; RTFM; Ferromagnetism; DMS; Defects
Funding
- King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), King Abdullah Rd, Ar Raid, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Iron-doped indium oxide is a promising material for spin electronics (spintronics) applications. Herein, an experimental investigation of the effect of adding a nonmagnetic element (magnesium) on the enhancement of the room-temperature ferromagnetism in substitutional iron-doped In2O3 powder was conducted. A new doping process, which avoids the formation of Fe nanoclusters in (In0.85Fe0.15-xMgx)(2)O-3 (x = 0.00, 0.01, 0.03, 0.05) powders, was developed. The resulting powders were characterised by X-ray diffraction (XRD), superconducting quantum interference device, Mossbauer spectroscopy, energy-dispersive spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The XRD analysis revealed that Fe and Mg ions were incorporated into the In(3+ )sites in the In2O3 lattice without altering the cubic bixbyite structure. Magnetic measurements indicated the coexistence of ferromagnetic and paramagnetic phases. Room-temperature ferromagnetic behaviour with remarkable enhancement of the saturation magnetisation was observed for decreasing Fe ions and increasing nonmagnetic Mg concentrations. Mossbauer spectra confirmed the coexistence of ferromagnetic (sextet) and paramagnetic (doublet) phases, with a clear effect of Mg concentration. The enhancement in the magnetic moment with increasing Mg doping is attributed to the large defects and oxygen vacancies induced in In2O3 by Fe and Mg codoping. These results will be useful for the development of Fe-doped In2O3 semiconductor materials for advanced applications.
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