期刊
ACTA MATERIALIA
卷 60, 期 13-14, 页码 5190-5196出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2012.06.033
关键词
X-ray diffraction (XRD); Transmission electron microscopy (TEM); Magnetic properties; Nanostructure
资金
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant
- Korea government (MEST) [2011-0030802]
- MKE (The Ministry of Knowledge economy), Korea, under the ITRC (Information Technology Research Centre)
- NIPA (National IT Industry Promotion Agency) [NIPA-2012-H-0301-12-2009]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2011-0030802] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
In this work, we report the detailed investigation of the dependence of structural, optical, morphological and magnetic properties on the type of transition metals (TM; Cr, Mn and Fe) dopants in Zni(1-x)TM(x)O nanostructures. Pure and TM-doped ZnO nanostructures have been fabricated by the microwave assisted solution route. The striking similarities between changes in the lattice volume, bandgap energy, morphology and saturation magnetization indicated a strong correlation among these properties. As the atomic number of the dopant increased (from Cr to Fe), the lattice volume and bandgap energy were found to increase. Morphological studies using field emission scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy revealed that doping elements affect the shape and size of ZnO nanostructures such as nanorods (Cr-ZnO), nanosheets (Mn-ZnO) and nanorods (Fe-ZnO). Raman study showed that the E-2(high) phonon modes shifted toward a lower frequency with the atomic number of the TM dopant. The optical bandgap of the TM-doped ZnO nanostructures increased with the increase in orbital occupation numbers of 3d electrons of the TM dopant due to the orbital splitting of magnetic ions. Magnetic measurement results revealed that all the TM-doped ZnO samples showed well-defined ferromagnetic features at room temperature and the value of saturation magnetization (M-s) increased with increasing the atomic number of dopants, having a maximum value for Fe-doped ZnO. (c) 2012 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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