Sol-gel synthesis of Mn Ni1Co2O4 spinel phase materials: Structural, electronic, and magnetic properties
| Autor: | Tarekegn Heliso Dolla, Patrick Ndungu, Karin Pruessner, David G. Billing, A. R. E. Prinsloo, Bryan P. Doyle, C. J. Sheppard, Emanuela Carleschi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Materials science
Mechanical Engineering Spinel Metals and Alloys Analytical chemistry 02 engineering and technology Coercivity engineering.material 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences 0104 chemical sciences Magnetization Ferromagnetism X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy Mechanics of Materials Transmission electron microscopy Materials Chemistry engineering Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy 0210 nano-technology Sol-gel |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 742:78-89 |
| ISSN: | 0925-8388 |
| Popis: | A series of spinel-type MnxNi1-xCo2O4 (x = 0, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 1) oxides were synthesized by using a citrate sol-gel technique. The structural, magnetic and electronic properties of the oxides with different Mn content were investigated using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The XRD and FTIR studies revealed that MnxNi1-xCo2O4 formed in a cubic structure for all the compositions synthesized. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) studies show cubic nano-plates for x = 0 and on increasing Mn concentration, agglomerated nanoparticles with sphere-like shape are observed with a particle size in the range of 11.7 nm–22.1 nm. This is in close agreement with the results of XRD analysis. The Mn 2p, Ni 2p, and Co 2p XPS spectra reveal the coexistence of Mn2+, Mn3+, Ni2+, Ni3+, Co2+, and Co3+ species on the surface of MnxNi1-xCo2O4 samples in differing proportions. The measurements of magnetic properties at room temperature show that the samples have some ferromagnetic behaviour. The saturation magnetization, remnant magnetization, and coercivity of the nanoparticles vary significantly with a concentration of Mn, which tends to be distributed in both tetrahedral and octahedral positions of the spinel lattice. |
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