Study of Urbach energy and Kramers–Kronig on Mn and Zn doped NiFe2O4 ferrite nanopowder for the determination of structural and optical characteristics
Abstract MxNi1-xFe2O4 spinel ferrite (M = Mn, Zn, and x = 0, 0.05) has been successfully synthesized by co-precipitation technique with hydrazine hydrate reduction agent (instead of NaOH) and Ethylene glycol surfactant. The XRD spectra of the samples illustrated high crystallinity. The structural ch...
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| description | Abstract MxNi1-xFe2O4 spinel ferrite (M = Mn, Zn, and x = 0, 0.05) has been successfully synthesized by co-precipitation technique with hydrazine hydrate reduction agent (instead of NaOH) and Ethylene glycol surfactant. The XRD spectra of the samples illustrated high crystallinity. The structural characterization of pure and doped fcc NiFe2O4 were calculated by Scherrer, Modified Scherrer, Williamson–Hall, and SSP methods. In comparison of several methods, the Scherrer method is unreasonable method and W–H method has an acceptable range and can calculate both < L > and strain without restriction. The specific surface area in Zn-doped increased, demonstrate increment of adsorption properties in Ni ferrite structure. TEM images revealed the shape of grains is spherical, cubic, and irregular, with a grain size in the range of 35–65 nm. Hysteresis loops illustrated the magnetic behavior of samples. From the reflectance data, the band gap energies were estimated at 1.984, 1.954, and 1.973 eV for un-doped, Mn, and Zn-doped NiFe2O4 respectively (red shift). The almost low value of Urbach energy for pure, Mn, and Zn -doped NiFe2O4 indicates low structural disorder, which can approve the high crystallinity of samples. Direct band gap energy (Eg), refractive index, and extinction coefficient were estimated by the Kramers–Kronig method with linear optical evaluations. The Eg by K-K method is in good agreement with the Eg by Kubelka–Munk function. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d26dd240a210436aae42ca73647c74232024-03-17T12:26:07ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222024-03-0114112210.1038/s41598-024-57045-7Study of Urbach energy and Kramers–Kronig on Mn and Zn doped NiFe2O4 ferrite nanopowder for the determination of structural and optical characteristicsN. Nazari0M. M. Golzan1Kh. Mabhouti2Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Urmia UniversityDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Urmia UniversityDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Urmia UniversityAbstract MxNi1-xFe2O4 spinel ferrite (M = Mn, Zn, and x = 0, 0.05) has been successfully synthesized by co-precipitation technique with hydrazine hydrate reduction agent (instead of NaOH) and Ethylene glycol surfactant. The XRD spectra of the samples illustrated high crystallinity. The structural characterization of pure and doped fcc NiFe2O4 were calculated by Scherrer, Modified Scherrer, Williamson–Hall, and SSP methods. In comparison of several methods, the Scherrer method is unreasonable method and W–H method has an acceptable range and can calculate both < L > and strain without restriction. The specific surface area in Zn-doped increased, demonstrate increment of adsorption properties in Ni ferrite structure. TEM images revealed the shape of grains is spherical, cubic, and irregular, with a grain size in the range of 35–65 nm. Hysteresis loops illustrated the magnetic behavior of samples. From the reflectance data, the band gap energies were estimated at 1.984, 1.954, and 1.973 eV for un-doped, Mn, and Zn-doped NiFe2O4 respectively (red shift). The almost low value of Urbach energy for pure, Mn, and Zn -doped NiFe2O4 indicates low structural disorder, which can approve the high crystallinity of samples. Direct band gap energy (Eg), refractive index, and extinction coefficient were estimated by the Kramers–Kronig method with linear optical evaluations. The Eg by K-K method is in good agreement with the Eg by Kubelka–Munk function.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57045-7Mn and Zn-doped NiFe2O4 spinel ferriteCo-precipitation methodStructural propertiesOptical propertiesKramers–Kronig approach |
| spellingShingle | N. Nazari M. M. Golzan Kh. Mabhouti Study of Urbach energy and Kramers–Kronig on Mn and Zn doped NiFe2O4 ferrite nanopowder for the determination of structural and optical characteristics Scientific Reports Mn and Zn-doped NiFe2O4 spinel ferrite Co-precipitation method Structural properties Optical properties Kramers–Kronig approach |
| title | Study of Urbach energy and Kramers–Kronig on Mn and Zn doped NiFe2O4 ferrite nanopowder for the determination of structural and optical characteristics |
| title_full | Study of Urbach energy and Kramers–Kronig on Mn and Zn doped NiFe2O4 ferrite nanopowder for the determination of structural and optical characteristics |
| title_fullStr | Study of Urbach energy and Kramers–Kronig on Mn and Zn doped NiFe2O4 ferrite nanopowder for the determination of structural and optical characteristics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Study of Urbach energy and Kramers–Kronig on Mn and Zn doped NiFe2O4 ferrite nanopowder for the determination of structural and optical characteristics |
| title_short | Study of Urbach energy and Kramers–Kronig on Mn and Zn doped NiFe2O4 ferrite nanopowder for the determination of structural and optical characteristics |
| title_sort | study of urbach energy and kramers kronig on mn and zn doped nife2o4 ferrite nanopowder for the determination of structural and optical characteristics |
| topic | Mn and Zn-doped NiFe2O4 spinel ferrite Co-precipitation method Structural properties Optical properties Kramers–Kronig approach |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57045-7 |
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