Structural,Optical and Electrical Properties of Cu0.6CoxZn0.4−xFe2O4 (x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4) Soft Ferrites |
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| Authors: | W Aslam Farooq Muhammad Sajjad Ul Hasan Muhammad Iftikhar Khan Ahmad Raza Ashraf Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Nafeesah Yaqub Mona A Almutairi Muhammad Atif Atif Hanif |
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| Institution: | 1.Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (N.Y.); (M.A.A.); (M.A.);2.Department of Physics, The University of Lahore, Lahore 53700, Pakistan; (M.S.U.H.); (M.I.K.);3.Department of Chemistry, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Lahore 54770, Pakistan; (A.R.A.); (M.A.Q.);4.Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; |
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| Abstract: | A series of cobalt-inserted copper zinc ferrites, Cu0.6CoxZn0.4−xFe2O4 (x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4) having cubic spinel structure were prepared by the coprecipitation method. Various characterization techniques, including XRD, FTIR, UV-vis and I–V were used to investigate structural optical and electrical properties, respectively. The lattice constant was observed to be decreased as smaller ionic radii Co2+ (0.74 Å) replaced the higher ionic radii Zn2+ (0.82 Å). The presence of tetrahedral and octahedral bands was confirmed by FTIR spectra. Optical bandgap energy was determined in the range of 4.44–2.05 eV for x = 0.0 to 0.4 nanoferrites, respectively. DC electrical resistivity was measured and showed an increasing trend (5.42 × 108 to 6.48 × 108 Ω·cm) with the addition of cobalt contents as cobalt is more conductive than zinc. The range of DC electrical resistivity (108 ohm-cm) makes these nanomaterials potential candidates for telecommunication devices. |
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| Keywords: | ferrites Co Zn electrical properties |
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