Electric and magnetic behaviors observed in NiO-based thin films under light-irradiation

We report the room-temperature ferromagnetic properties that can be tuned by light irradiation in the Li and Mn co-doped NiO films (LMNO) grown by the spinning coating. The optical tunable magnetic behavior is enhanced by the increase of the Li doping concentration. First-principle calculations reve...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of applied physics 2014-09, Vol.116 (9)
Hauptverfasser: Luo, Yi-Dong, Song, Kenan, Shun, Li, Gao, Junqi, Xu, Ben, Lin, Yuan-Hua, Nan, Ce-Wen, Liu, Wei
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Zusammenfassung:We report the room-temperature ferromagnetic properties that can be tuned by light irradiation in the Li and Mn co-doped NiO films (LMNO) grown by the spinning coating. The optical tunable magnetic behavior is enhanced by the increase of the Li doping concentration. First-principle calculations reveal that the Li doping plays key roles in the optical tuned magnetic behavior, which brings a 3d-like impurity state to enhance a significant hybridization between the Mn3+ 3d state and the impurity band, thus strengthening the ferromagnetic coupling effects. Additionally, it can tune the band gap of the LMNO films and produce more holes under the light irradiation, enhancing the optical tuned magnetic behavior.
ISSN:0021-8979
1089-7550
DOI:10.1063/1.4895047