Synthesis and Characterization on Fe-doped In2O3 Nanoparticles

Autor: Ram S. Katiyar, G. L. Sharman, Sandra Dussan-Devia, Manoj K. Singh, Carlos Rinaldi
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: MRS Proceedings. 1074
ISSN: 1946-4274
0272-9172
Popis: Pure and Fe-doped In2O3 nanocrystalline powder was synthesized using a solution chemistry route based on the Sol-Gel process, which is a simple and inexpensive technique and produces long-time stable stock solutions. The X-ray diffraction patterns revealed the formation of nanocrystalline particle size with well-crystallized cubic bixbyte structure. The average crystal size was calculated from XRD patterns using Debye-Scherrer's equation for the (222) peak and found to be 8 nm. This observation agrees well with the particle size estimated from transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The observed Raman peaks in the doped materials are shifted towards the lower frequency up to 15 cm−1 and we did not observed any additional new Raman modes with Fe doping. This clearly indicates that Fe ions are indeed occupying interstitial/substitutional sites in the host In2O3, in agreement with XPS measurements. Magnetic properties were studied using superconducting quantum interface device magnetometer (Quantum design MPMS XL-7). Preliminary magnetic measurement results suggest the incorporation of the dopants in the diamagnetic In2O3-host structure.
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