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Structural and magnetic properties of Bi3+ ion doped Ni–Cu–Co nano ferrites prepared by sol–gel auto combustion method

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Bismuth doped Ni–Cu–Co nano ferrites with the chemical composition Ni0.2Cu0.2Co0.6Fe2−xBixO4 (x = 0.0, 0.025, 0.05, 0.075, 0.1) were prepared by sol–gel auto-combustion technology. The analysis of the X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns confirms that all the samples have a cubic spinel structure. The particle sizes of the prepared samples (between 51 and 55 nm) are determined by the Scherrer equation. The obtained Fourier transform infrared measurement also confirms the formation of the spinel structure. It was observed that with the increase of Bi3+ ion concentration, the protruding absorption band was slightly shifted to the high frequency side. Transmission electron microscopy images show the presence of particles which are spherically cubic shaped crystallites. It has been proved that the synthesized ferrite has pure phase and structure by Energy dispersive X-ray, and Bi3+-doping was successfully achieved. Cation redistribution in spinel ferrite nanoparticles are confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The magnetic parameters of the samples are measured by Vibration sample magnetometer (VSM) at room temperature with a maximum magnetic field of 1 T. It can be clearly observed that the magnetic properties such as saturation magnetization (Ms), remanent magnetization (Mr) and coercivity (Hc) decrease significantly with the bismuth ion concentration increases. This is because Bi3+ ions replace Fe3+ ions, and Bi3+–Fe3+ ion interactions are more predominates than Fe2+–Fe3+ ion interactions. This also indicates that the bismuth doped nickel copper cobalt ferrite has low magnetic properties.

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Pan, X., Sun, A., Han, Y. et al. Structural and magnetic properties of Bi3+ ion doped Ni–Cu–Co nano ferrites prepared by sol–gel auto combustion method. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 30, 4644–4657 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-019-00757-8

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