Structural modification and magnetic properties enhancement with Er3+, of sol-gel TiO2 thin films

Type : Article de conférence
Auteur(s) :  DEHDOUH Heider, BENSAHA Rabah, ZERGOUG Mourad
Année :  2016
Domaine : Physique
Conférence: 8th International Conference on Nanomaterials - Research & Application
Lieu de la conférence:  Brno, République de Tchèque
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Mots clés :  TiO2 doped Er3+, Structural properties, sol-gel, Magnetic Properties, oxygen vacancies.

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Nano-crystalline un-doped and erbium doped TiO2 thin films were dip-coated on glass substrates by sol-gel method. The films were annealed at 450 °C during 1 hour. DSC results show that the crystallization effectuates at 339°C for un-doped TiO2, whereas for erbium doped TiO2 the crystallization occurs earlier with two separated exothermic. XRD diagrams illustrate that un-doped and erbium doped TiO2 crystallize in anatase phase only and indicate that the crystallite size decreases from 24 to 21 nm as a function of the increase in Er3+ content. This result is confirmed by Raman spectra. Moreover, the VSM results indicate, on one hand, a ferromagnetic behaviour of the un-doped TiO2. On the other hand, the incorporation of Erbium leads to an enhancement of the ferromagnetic behaviour. It is worthy to mention that the weak Er3+ doping (0.1 at.%) is the high ordered magnetically with highest saturation magnetization of 1.92 memu. Both elaborated TiO2 and Er:TiO2 films show good structural properties and have a diluted magnetic semiconductors structure. The films are promising for the possible applications in optoelectronic devices.