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Effect of Cr substitution on structural, magnetic and impedance spectroscopic properties of Cd0.5Zn0.5Fe2−xCrxO4 ferrites

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Cr-substituted Cd–Zn spinel ferrites of different compositions (Cd0.5Zn0.5Fe2−xCrxO4) were prepared using solgel method for x = 0 and 0.5. The XRD analysis and Rietveld refinements indicate that samples crystallize in the cubic \(Fd\overline{3}m\) spinel structure and the lattice parameters decrease with Cr substitution. Two principal absorption bands related to the stretching vibration of tetrahedral and octahedral sites were shown from FTIR spectra. The spontaneous magnetization, coercivity and remanance were also investigated for the prepared samples. DC conductivity was found to decrease with the substitution of Cr. The studies of imaginary part of permittivity and tangent loss reveal that the prepared materials may be good candidates for some interesting electronics devices. An electrical relaxation phenomenon with non-Debye nature was observed from the variations of imaginary parts of modulus and impedance. The estimated activation energies values from relaxation time and dc-conductivity are very close. Electrical parameters deduced from the Nyquist plots using an equivalent circuit show that the conduction process in the prepared samples is due to the grain boundaries contributions.

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  1. For spinel ferrites having general formula of \(\left( {M_{1 - \lambda }^{2 + } {\text{Fe}}_{\lambda }^{3 + } } \right)_{A} [M_{\lambda }^{2 + } {\text{Fe}}_{2 - \lambda }^{3 + } ]_{B} {\text{O}}_{4}^{2 - }\), where M is one or more divalent (often transition metal) cations, the term λ represents the so-called degree of inversion which is defined as the fraction of the A sites occupied by Fe3+ cations and its value depends on the method of preparation and heat treatment effects [17].

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The authors extend their appreciation to the Deputyship for Research & Innovation, Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia for funding this research work through the project number 369.

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    Fakher Hcini, Sobhi Hcini & Sadok Zemni

  2. Research Unit of Valorization and Optimization of Exploitation of Resources, Faculty of Science and Technology of Sidi Bouzid, University Campus Agricultural City, University of Kairouan, 9100, Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia

    Fakher Hcini

  3. College of Engineering, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, 655, Al Kharj, 11942, Saudi Arabia

    Bandar Alzahrani & Mohamed Lamjed Bouazizi

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Hcini, F., Hcini, S., Alzahrani, B. et al. Effect of Cr substitution on structural, magnetic and impedance spectroscopic properties of Cd0.5Zn0.5Fe2−xCrxO4 ferrites. Appl. Phys. A 126, 362 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-020-03544-z

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