Effects of Thermal Annealing on Structural and Magnetic Properties of Lithium Ferrite Nanoparticles

Pure, crystalline, ∼10 nm lithium ferrite phase (Li0.5Fe2.5O4), was successfully synthesized at very low temperature using a modified combustion method. The crystal structure and microstructure evolution of this system upon annealing were monitored by a careful investigation of X-ray diffractograms...

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Published in:Journal of physical chemistry. C 2009-12, Vol.113 (48), p.20559-20567
Main Authors: Jović, Nataša G, Masadeh, Ahmad S, Kremenović, Aleksandar S, Antić, Bratislav V, Blanuša, Jovan L, Cvjetičanin, Nikola D, Goya, Gerardo F, Antisari, Marco Vittori, Božin, Emil S
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Language:English
Subjects:
ANNEALING
ATOMIC DISPLACEMENTS
C: Nanops and Nanostructures
CATIONS
COMBUSTION
CRYSTAL LATTICES
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS
DISTRIBUTION
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
FERRITE
LITHIUM
LITHIUM IONS
MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
MATERIALS SCIENCE
MICROSTRUCTURE
OXYGEN
PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
PARTICLE SIZE
SPECTRA
SPINELS
SYNCHROTRONS
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Summary:Pure, crystalline, ∼10 nm lithium ferrite phase (Li0.5Fe2.5O4), was successfully synthesized at very low temperature using a modified combustion method. The crystal structure and microstructure evolution of this system upon annealing were monitored by a careful investigation of X-ray diffractograms collected on a synchrotron source. Comparative analysis of the results obtained from the full profile Rietveld method (in reciprocal space) and the pair distribution function method (in direct space) was carried out. Nanocrystalline samples exhibit similar crystal structure, on average, with a partial ordering of Li+ and Fe3+ ions between octahedral 4b and 12d sites on the spinel crystal lattice (space group P4332). After annealing at 973 K, cation distribution changes to a completely ordered, resembling that which is seen in the bulk lithium ferrite. The PDF analysis reveals abnormally high values of oxygen atomic displacement parameters in tetrahedral 8c sites (O1) indicating a significant disordering of the O1 network and suggests migration of lithium ions from 4b sites to the outer layers of nanoparticles. Analysis of room temperature Mössbauer spectra has shown that the hyperfine field for Fe3+ ions in tetrahedral 8c sites is the most sensitive on increasing the particle size and improving the crystallinity. From the differential thermal analysis, it was found that a lower driving force is required to induce an order−disorder phase transition in nanocrysalline samples, compared to the bulk-like sample, presumably due to the higher crystal disordering in these samples.
ISSN:1932-7447
1932-7455
DOI:10.1021/jp907559y