Journal
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS
Volume 112, Issue -, Pages 262-269Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2017.09.037
Keywords
Thin films; X-ray diffraction; Raman; Photoelectron spectroscopy; Electrical; Optical
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The multiple oxidation states of manganese and cobalt in cobalt manganese oxides play a crucial role in shaping up the vivid properties thus evoking curiosity among researchers. In the present work, mixed spinel films of CoMn(CoMn)(2)O-4 were coated on glass substrates by the spray pyrolysis technique with different precursor concentrations of the acetate salts of the metals in ethyl alcohol. XRD investigations revealed an intermediate tetragonal spinel structure between cubic MnCo2O4 and tetragonal Mn3O4 (JCPDS 18-0410) with predominant orientation along (311) plane. The tetragonal distortion from cubic symmetry may be due to high Mn2+ ion content at octahedral sites. Raman spectroscopy highlighted two typical emission peaks characteristic of the deposited mixed spinel oxides. Functional groups were assigned with the aid of FTIR spectral analysis to the observed absorption bands. The binding energies of the photo-electron peaks observed for the transition metal ions and the oxygenated ions were recorded by XPS. The results indicated that the divalent and trivalent ions of cobalt co-existed with the divalent manganese ions. AFM images revealed vertically aligned columnar grains. The electrical measurements indicated conduction mechanism through jumps of polarons. Optical absorption revealed wide band gap energy of 3.76 eV.
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