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Substantial stabilization of ferromagnetism in ZnO:Mn induced by N codoping
M H N Assadi1, Y B Zhang, S Li
1School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia.
Abstract:
Electronic structures and magnetic properties of ZnO:Mn and ZnO:Mn+N systems are investigated using first-principles density functional calculations with generalized gradient approximation. The results provide a fundamental theoretical understanding in the substantial ferromagnetic stability induced by N codoping in the ZnO:Mn system observed experimentally. They demonstrate that the ferromagnetic interaction is due to the hybridization between N 2p and Mn 3d states and is very sensitive to the geometrical configurations of dopants in the ZnO host lattice. The most stable ferromagnetic configuration corresponds to the Mn-N-Mn cluster, energetically strong enough to lead to hole-mediated ferromagnetism at room temperature.
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