Effect of Ni2+substitution on the Structural, Magnetic and Dielectric Properties of PbFe12-xNixO19 Nanoparticles

Abstract

PbFe12-xNixO19 nanoparticles (x = 0-1) were prepared by a sol–gel method. The influence of Ni2+ substitution on structural, magnetic and dielectric properties of PbFe12O19 nanoparticles was investigated. The samples of PbFe12-xNixO19 nanoparticles have been characterized by the X-ray diffractomere (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FT-IR), scanning electron spectrometer (SEM), vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM), and an LCR meter. The results reveal that PbFe12-xNixO19 compounds up to x = 0.2 are single phase. The bands of absorption in the 400– 500 cm-1 and the bands of absorption in the range of 500 -600 cm-1, corresponding to the formation of octahedral and tetrahedral sites which confirms the presence of metal– oxygen stretching band in ferrites. Also, SEM images show that by increasing Ni2+ doping grains size have been increased. However, for x > 0.2, the secondary Ni spinel ferrite (NiFe2O4) appears which the saturation magnetization and magnetic coercivity decreases. In addition, Ni2+substitution reduces the dielectric constant, dielectric loss, and ac electrical conductivity for all samples decrease rapidly with increasing applied field frequency and reaches a constant value beyond a certain frequency which this is characteristic of the normal dielectric behaviour of ferrites and has been investigated by Maxwell–Wagner’s two-layer model and Koop’s theory. The variation in ac conductivity (σac) with frequency shows that the electrical conductivity in these ferrites is mainly attributed to the electron hopping mechanism.Therefore; all single-phase Ni2+ substituted samples are suitable for use in magnetic recording media and microwave devices.