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Jaewoo Park1, Youngkyoung Ha1, Shinbuhm Lee1
1Department of Physics and Chemistry, Department of Emerging Materials Science, DGIST, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
Strong enhancement of magnetization is highly desirable for increasing device efficiency, improving temperature stability, enhancing sensitivity, and enabling device miniaturization. Here, we demonstrate a 2.6-4.7 times higher room temperature ferrimagnetic moment (730-770 emu cc-1) compared to 170-260 emu cc-1 in as-grown CoFe2O4 films, achieved by site-specifically intercalating hydrogen ions near the Fe3+ in tetrahedral sites. While the spin moments of the Fe3 + at octahedral and tetrahedral sites cancel each other out in as-grown films, X-ray spectroscopy of hydrogenated films reveals that both Fe3+ and Co2+ at octahedral sites can contribute to the enhanced total magnetic moment. This robust enhancement in insulating CoFe2O4, exhibiting high reproducibility over ≈10 cycles and long-term stability over ≈10 d, suggests that hydrogenic-ferrimagnetic coupling holds great promise for ultralow power electronics operating at high frequencies.
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