Dual-donor (Zn(i) and V(O)) mediated ferromagnetism in copper-doped ZnO micron-scale polycrystalline films : a thermally driven defect modulation process

The paper reports robust ferromagnetic Cu-doped ZnO micron-scale polycrystalline films via spin-coating using high-quality doped nanocrystals. A reliable magnetic response is observed in the 900 °C vacuum annealed film without any ferromagnetic contribution from other sources. Post-annealing treatment in terms of atmosphere and temperature can control the proportion of oxygen vacancies (V(O)) and zinc interstitials (Zn(i)) defects and further help to precisely regulate defect-related ferromagnetic behavior. Complex charge transfer processes derived from dual-donor (Zn(i) and V(O)) to Cu acceptor are revealed by photoluminescence (PL) and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra. Based on the above, specific charge transfer (CT)-type Stoner splitting and indirect double-exchange mechanisms are proposed to understand the ferromagnetic origin. The improvable FM performance and annealing-specific modulation further indicate that a thermal driven process can delicately tailor the magnetic property of the transition metal ion-doped ZnO system.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:5

Enthalten in:

Nanoscale - 5(2013), 9 vom: 07. Mai, Seite 3918-30

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hu, Liang [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Jun [VerfasserIn]
He, Haiping [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Liping [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Shijiang [VerfasserIn]
Jin, Yizheng [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Luwei [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Zhizhen [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

00J9J9XKDE
789U1901C5
Copper
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SOI2LOH54Z
Vanadium
Zinc Oxide

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Date Completed 12.11.2013

Date Revised 21.11.2013

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1039/c3nr00136a

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM22616232X