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Oxygen vacancies mediated cooperative magnetism in ZnO nanocrystals: A d0 ferromagnetic case study

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VACUUM
卷 184, 期 -, 页码 -

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.vacuum.2020.109921

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ZnO; Sol-gel; Photoluminescence; Band-gap; d(0) ferromagnetism; Oxygen vacancies

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  1. UGC, New Delhi

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This article discusses the cooperative magnetism induced by oxygen vacancies and defects in ZnO nanocrystals of different sizes, showing that smaller nanocrystals exhibit enhanced ferromagnetic behavior. The presence of oxygen vacancies and valence fluctuations also play a crucial role in mediating the magnetism of the ZnO nanocrystals.
This article reports on the oxygen vacancies and defects induced cooperative magnetism of 28nm (as prepared) and 74nm (annealed) sized nanocrystals of ZnO synthesized through sol- gel auto-combustion route. UV-Vis-NIR optical absorption and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopic measurements showed marginal red shifting in the band gap energy and characteristic blue shift in the UV absorption peak position with the size reduction of ZnO nanocrystallites. PL analysis revealed that 28nm sized ZnO nanocrystals have higher number of oxygen vacancies and lower interstitial defects in comparison to 74nm (annealed) nanocrystals of ZnO. Both the sample display oxygen vacancy and defect mediated ferromagnetic behaviour at 300K but 28nm ZnO nanocrystals are better ferromagnetic in comparison to annealed ZnO nanocrystals. The annealed ZnO nanocrystals also showed considerable diamagnetic character. High field (+/- 7 Tesla) magnetization measurements down to 5K and PL analysis establish presence, inter-conversion of oxygen vacancies and valence fluctuations in neutral, mono and divalent oxygen vacancies. The monovalent oxygen and zinc vacancies play important role in the mediation of d(0) type cooperative magnetism in the ZnO nanocrystals.

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