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Microstructural, magnetic and electrical properties of Zn0.4M0.3Co0.3Fe2O4 (M = Ni and Cu) ferrites synthesized by sol–gel method

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A comparative study of microstructural, magnetic and electrical properties of Zn0.4Ni0.3Co0.3Fe2O4 (ZNCFO) and Zn0.4Cu0.3Co0.3Fe2O4 (ZCCFO) ferrites prepared using sol–gel method have been investigated in this work. X-ray diffraction results indicate that samples have cubic spinel type structure (\(Fd\bar {3}m\) space group). Lattice constant, average grain size and X-ray density are higher for ZCCFO than those of ZNCFO. The magnetic parameters such as M s , H c , and M r were found to decrease with the substitution of Ni by Cu. The electrical properties of the samples have been studied using impedance measurements as a function of frequency and temperature. The substitution of Zn–Co ferrite with Cu leads to improve its conductivity that its substitution with Ni. The behaviors of imaginary part of permittivity and loss tangent have been investigated using Maxwell–Wagner’s model and Koop’s theory. The electrical modulus study reveals the presence of the non-Debye type of dielectric relaxation in our samples. Close values of activation energy for dc conduction (E dc ) and for conductivity relaxation (E Mʺ ) were found confirming that the relaxation process and electrical conductivity are attributed to the same defect. Nyquist representations (Z″ vs. Zʹ) were plotted and their characteristic behaviors were analyzed in terms of electrical equivalent circuit.

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  1. According to Funkecriterion, n ≤ 1 means that the electron hopping involves a translational motion with a sudden hopping, whereas n > 1 means that the motion involves localized hopping between neighbouring sites.

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This work was supported by the Deanship of Scientific Research at Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University under the research Project Number 2017/01/7373.

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  1. 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

    Sobhi Hcini & Aref Omri

  2. Buraydah of Technical College at Al-Asyah, Al-Asyah, King Abdulaziz Road, PB 304, Al-Asyah, 51971, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Sobhi Hcini

  3. LMGP, University of Grenoble Aples, CNRS, 38000, Grenoble, France

    Michel Boudard

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

    Mohamed Lamjed Bouazizi & Kamel Touileb

  5. Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Materials, Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, University of Monastir, 5019, Monastir, Tunisia

    Abdessalem Dhahri

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Hcini, S., Omri, A., Boudard, M. et al. Microstructural, magnetic and electrical properties of Zn0.4M0.3Co0.3Fe2O4 (M = Ni and Cu) ferrites synthesized by sol–gel method. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 29, 6879–6891 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-8674-3

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