Structural studies of magnetic Fe doped ZnO nanofibers

This work reports structural properties of room temperature ferromagnetic Fe doped ZnO nanofibers (NFs). The NFs were obtained by electrospinning and calcination in air. The input atomic ratio of Fe to Zn ions was about 0.1. The structural characterization was performed by X-ray (XRD) examination, u...

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Published in:Radiation physics and chemistry (Oxford, England : 1993) England : 1993), 2013-12, Vol.93, p.21-24
Main Authors: Baranowska-Korczyc, A., Fronc, K., Pełka, J.B., Sobczak, K., Klinger, D., Dłużewski, P., Elbaum, D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Crystals
Electrospinning
Ferromagnetism
Iron
Magnetic properties
Nanofibers
Wurtzite
Zinc oxide
ZnFeO
ZnO nanofibers
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Summary:This work reports structural properties of room temperature ferromagnetic Fe doped ZnO nanofibers (NFs). The NFs were obtained by electrospinning and calcination in air. The input atomic ratio of Fe to Zn ions was about 0.1. The structural characterization was performed by X-ray (XRD) examination, using the synchrotron radiation, and Energy-Filtered Transmission Electron Microscopy (EFTEM) analysis. Incorporating Fe ions into ZnO does not affect the crystal structure of the wurtzite host. No clear evidence of the second phase (Fe, FeO, Fe2O3 or ZnFe2O4) was detected. Diameters of crystals responsible for the magnetic properties ranged from 3 to 10nm. We did not observe any precipitates of the different phase with diameters equal or larger than 1.5nm. It implies that the magnetic signal comes from Fe ions built-in ZnO crystals. No other crystals (besides ZnO crystals) were observed in this range of sizes. We propose that the low activation energy for the nanocrystals growth in NFs allows a large amount of doped ions to be built-in the ZnO crystals. •The structural studies of Fe doped ZnO nanofibers (ferromagnetic at room temperature) were reported.•Incorporating at. 10% Fe ions into ZnO did not modify the wurtzite structure of the nanofibers.•The structural analysis (resolution about 1.5nm) did not reveal any evidence of a second phase.•The ferromagnetic signal came from Fe ions built-in ZnO crystals.•The low activation energy for ZnO crystal growth was responsible for higher level of doping.
ISSN:0969-806X
1879-0895
DOI:10.1016/j.radphyschem.2013.02.038