Nanocasting synthesis of co-doped In2O3: a 3D diluted magnetic semiconductor composed of nanospheres
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Mesoporous 3D nanosphere arrays of In2−x Co x O3 (x = 0, 0.01, 0.03, 0.05, and 0.07) were synthesized via nanocasting using the mesoporous silica LP-FDU-12 as a hard template. The mesostructure, morphology, optical properties, and magnetic properties of the materials were determined. The diameter of the nanospheres was about 15–22 nm, and the nanospheres stacked into 0.5–5 μm arrays (particles). The data revealed that the Co ions entered the lattice of the In2O3 bixbyite phase leading to a reduction of the cell parameter. The result also demonstrated that the size of the mesostructured ordering was approximately the same as the particle diameter. Moreover, the optical band gap of Co-doped In2O3 decreased monotonically with the increase of Co concentration and the room-temperature photoluminescence was also observed. The un-doped In2O3 exhibited a ferromagnetic behavior superimposed on a diamagnetic background, while the doped In2O3 displayed a room-temperature ferromagnetic behavior superimposed on a paramagnetic background, which may be correlated with the surface texture of the mesostructure. The mesoporous diluted magnetic semiconductors may find their applications in spintronic nanodevices because of their 3D uniform arrangement of nanospheres and their room-temperature ferromagnetic behavior.
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