ROOM-TEMPERATURE FERROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF Co-DOPED ZnO NAOROD ARRAYS
2013 ◽
Vol 27
(15)
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pp. 1362010
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Keyword(s):
Co -doped ZnO rod arrays were fabricated on zinc foils by a hydrothermal method. X-ray diffraction results indicate that the samples have wurtzite crystalline structure without metallic Co or other secondary phases detected. The nanorod arrays exhibit room-temperature ferromagnetic behavior for different Co concentration. The influence of Co on the magnetic properties of ZnO was studied by the first-principles calculations. The exchange interaction between local spin-polarized electrons and conductive electrons is proposed as a cause of the room-temperature ferromagnetism.