Widatallah, H.M.; Johnson, C.; Berry, Frank; Gismelseed, A.M.; Jartych, E.; Marco, J.F.; Gard, F.S. and Pekala, M.
(2006).
Synthesis and cation distribution of copper-substituted spinel-related lithium ferrite.
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 67(8),
pp. 1817–1822.
Abstract
Single-phased Cu2+-substituted spinel-related Li0.5Fe2.5O4 was synthesized by sintering a mixture of Cu2+-substituted corundumrelated alpha-Fe2O3 and Li2CO3 at 700 degrees C which is similar to 325-400 degrees C lower than the temperature at which the material is prepared by the conventional ceramic methods. X-ray powder diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Mossbauer spectroscopy and magnetic measurements were used to characterize the material. In contrast to high-temperature synthetic routes, the present one leads to a Cu+ and Fe2+-cation free material, thereby optimizing its technological value. Rietveld refinement of the XRD data favors a structural model in which Cu2+ substitutes for both Fe3+ and Li+ at the octahedral sites. Mossbauer and magnetic data are consistent with this model if spin thermal reversal and/or spin canting are taken into account for the later.
| Item Type: |
Journal Article
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| ISSN: |
0022-3697 |
| Extra Information: |
Some of the symbols may not have transferred correctly into this bibliographic record and/or abstract. |
| Keywords: |
C. Mössbauer spectroscopy; C. X-ray diffraction (XRD); C. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Science > Life, Health and Chemical Sciences |
| Item ID: |
5730 |
| Depositing User: |
David Shuker
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| Date Deposited: |
01 Nov 2006 |
| Last Modified: |
02 Dec 2010 19:54 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/5730 |
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