Electric, thermoelectric and magnetic characterization of γ-Fe2O3 and Co3O4 nanoparticles synthesized by facile thermal decomposition of metal-Schiff base complexes

[Display omitted] •Fe and Co oxide NPs were prepared from Schiff base complexes as new precursors.•The electrical conduction in Fe and Co oxide NPs is governed by hopping processes.•Co3O4 NPs show weak ferromagnetic ordering at room temperature.•γ-Fe2O3 NPs have superparamagnetic behavior. Using nov...

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Published in:Materials research bulletin 2018-03, Vol.99, p.103-108
Main Authors: Ibrahim, E.M.M., Abdel-Rahman, Laila H., Abu-Dief, Ahmed M., Elshafaie, A., Hamdan, Samar Kamel, Ahmed, A.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Co3O4
COBALT COMPLEXES
COBALT OXIDES
Electric
Fe2O3
FERROMAGNETISM
IRON OXIDES
Magnetic
MAGNETIZATION
NANOMATERIALS
NANOPARTICLES
NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PYROLYSIS
SCHIFF BASES
SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS
Spinel
SPINELS
SYNTHESIS
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0273-0400 K
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
WATER
X-RAY DIFFRACTION
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Summary:[Display omitted] •Fe and Co oxide NPs were prepared from Schiff base complexes as new precursors.•The electrical conduction in Fe and Co oxide NPs is governed by hopping processes.•Co3O4 NPs show weak ferromagnetic ordering at room temperature.•γ-Fe2O3 NPs have superparamagnetic behavior. Using novel compounds for synthesis of metal oxide nanomaterials can tune their physical properties due to the associated variation in the shape, size and crystallinity. In this work, γ-Fe2O3 and Co3O4 nanoparticles were successfully prepared by a facile thermal decomposition route, employing [Fe(C32H22N4O2)]·2H2O and [Co(C16H11N3O4)].12H2O complexes, respectively as new precursors. The x-ray diffraction and high resolution transmission electron microscopy investigation confirmed that the materials consist of highly pure spinel γ-Fe2O3 and Co3O4 nanoparticles with average size of∼9 and 30nm, respectively. The electrical conduction is governed by the hopping mechanism. The thermoelectric power measurements confirmed that Co3O4 nanoparticles are non-degenerate semiconductor with Fermi energy ∼1.21eV while γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles showed a degenerate to non-degenerate transition. The Co3O4 nanoparticles showed a weak ferromagnetic ordering that could be attributed to uncompensated surface spins due to finite-size effects. But γ- Fe2O3 NPs show superparamagnetic behavior at room temperature.
ISSN:0025-5408
1873-4227
DOI:10.1016/j.materresbull.2017.11.002