Successful synthesis of room-temperature ferromagnetic semiconductors, (Cu, Co) co-doped ZnO film is obtained by sol-gel method. It is found that the essential ingredient in achieving room-temperature ferromagnetism is Cu co-doping. By Hall-effect measurement ap-type conductivity was observed for the Cu co-doped films, which induced the room-temperature ferromagnetism.
Co-doped ZnO nanoparticles were fabricated by an electrodeposition method. The XPS results show Co ions have doped into the ZnO crystal lattices successfully. The as-grown sample has no ferromagnetism at room temperature. But after an ammine plasma treatment the room temperature ferromagnetism were detected on Co0.04Zn0.96O nanoparticles. The Hall measurement reveals after the treatment the resistivity increase by three orders of magnitude. Although the aspect conductivity is n type, some holes generated by N doping play an important role to induce the ferromagnetic properties for Co doped ZnO sample.
In this article, Co-doped SrTiO3 nanofibres have been prepared by electrospinning from a sol-gel precursor and the following calcination at 923K. XRD results confirmed that no second phase was formed, and Co ions successfully occupied the Ti sites. By annealing in hydrogen, oxygen vacancies and (Co-H-Co) were formed, which both contributed to the magnetic ordering in SrTi1-xCoxO3 nanofibres are at 300K.
Doping effect and oxygen defects boost room temperature ferromagnetism of Co-doped ZnO nanoparticles: experimental and theoretical studies