为研究稀磁性半导体的室温铁磁性来源,采用溶胶-凝胶法制备了Cu掺杂ZnO半导体粉末。X射线衍射光谱显示Cu在ZnO中的固溶度小于0.08(摩尔比);透射电子显微镜分析显示颗粒尺寸较为均匀,呈单结晶态;振动样品磁强计测试表明,Cu/ZnO具有室温铁磁性。由于Cu本身不具有任何磁性,样品的铁磁性来源为氧化锌晶格中的缺陷与Cu2+离子之间的交换作用。
Cu doped ZnO powder was prepared by the sol - gel method in order to study the origin of room temperature ferromagnetism of ZnO-based diluted magnetic semiconductors. X-ray diffraction spectra show that the solid solubility of Cu in ZnO was 0.08 (mole ratio) ; TEM indicate that the Cu/ZnO particles are crystalline and uniform in size. The vibrating sample magnetometer measurements show that the Cu/ZnO powders are of room temperature ferromagnetism. As Cu itself does not have any magnetic properties, the origin of the observed room temperature ferromagnetism of Cu/ZnO could only be attributed to the exchange interaction between the defects of zinc oxide and the doped Cu ions.