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Understanding the role of iron in the magnetism of Fe doped ZnO nanoparticles

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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
卷 17, 期 23, 页码 15284-15296

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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c5cp01408e

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  1. Colombia by CODI-University of Antioquia (Sustainability Program for the Solid State Group) [IN645CE]
  2. NSF [CBET 1134468, EAGER DMR-1137419]
  3. ARO [W911NF-09-1-0051]
  4. Directorate For Engineering
  5. Div Of Chem, Bioeng, Env, & Transp Sys [1134468] Funding Source: National Science Foundation

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The actual role of transition metals like iron in the room temperature ferromagnetism (RTFM) of Fe doped ZnO nanoparticles is still an unsolved problem. While some studies concluded that the Fe ions participate in the magnetic interaction, others in contrast do not believe Fe to play a direct role in the magnetic exchange interaction. To contribute to the understanding of this issue, we have carefully investigated the structural, optical, vibrational and magnetic properties of sol-gel synthesized Zn-1 xFexO (0 < x < 0.10) nanoparticles. No Fe2+ was detected in any sample. We found that high spin Fe3+ ions are substitutionally incorporated at the Zn2+ in the tetrahedral-core sites and in pseudo-octahedral surface sites in ZnO. Superficial OH-was observed in all samples. For x <= 0.03, an increment in Fe doping concentration decreased a and c lattice parameters, average Zn-O bond length, average crystallite size and band gap; while it increased the degree of distortion and quadrupole splitting. Undoped ZnO nanoparticles exhibited very weak RTFM with a saturation magnetization (M-s) of similar to 0.47 memu g(-1) and this value increased to similar to 2.1 memu g(-1) for Zn0.99Fe0.01O. Very interestingly, the M-s for Zn0.99Fe0.01O and Zn0.97Fe0.03O increased by a factor of about similar to 2.3 by increasing annealing for 1 h to 3 h. For x >= 0.05, ferrimagnetic disordered spinel ZnFe2O4 was formed and this phase was found to become more ordered with increasing annealing time. Fe does not contribute directly to the RTFM, but its presence promoted the formation of additional single charged oxygen vacancies, zinc vacancies, and more oxygen-ended polar terminations at the nanoparticle surface. These defects, which are mainly superficial, altered the electronic structure and are considered as the main sources of the observed ferromagnetism.

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