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Molten-Salt Synthesis of Complex Metal Oxide Nanoparticles
Published on: October 27, 2018
Molten salt-directed catalytic synthesis of room-temperature ferromagnetic transition-metal nitride nanosheets
Wei Hu1,2, Ruiqi Liu3,4, Yunlai Zhu1,2
1School of Integrated Circuits, Anhui University 111 JiuLong Road Hefei Anhui 230601 P. R. China huwei65@ahu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
The next generation of low-power electronic/spintronic devices based on two-dimensional (2D) magnetic materials has great application prospects. However, so far, the numbers of intrinsic room-temperature magnetic 2D materials is limited. Here, we report a simple and effective three-step molten salt-directed catalytic method for obtaining intrinsic room-temperature ferromagnetic gamma-Mo2N (γ-Mo2N) nanosheets. The γ-Mo2N nanosheets with high crystallization and ultra-thin 2D layered structure characteristics show obvious ferromagnetism and Curie temperature (T c) up to about 360 K. Meanwhile, ICP-AES measurement excludes the possibility of ferromagnetic impurities. Extensive synchrotron radiation X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectra characterizations confirm the bonding configuration of Mo-N coordination around Mo atoms as well as the structural stability of the samples. Detailed spin-polarized density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that ferromagnetism of γ-Mo2N nanosheets is mainly contributed by 4d electrons of Mo atoms with itinerant electron characteristics. This work highlights γ-Mo2N nanosheets as a promising intrinsic room-temperature ferromagnetic material for the development of spintronics or spin-based electronics.
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