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Increased Manganese Solubility and Ferromagnetic Signal in Chalcopyrite CuGaSe2:Mn as a Result of High-Temperature Quenching

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Two series of manganese-doped chalcopyrite CuGaSe2 samples have been prepared by solid-state reactions. Because of its low solubility, the manganese is distributed between chalcopyrite lattice sites, ensuring paramagnetic properties, and manganese-containing antiferromagnetic impurity phases. Quenching the samples from 1000°C has made it possible to considerably increase the ferromagnetic response, which begins to rise starting at a certain doping level.

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In this work, we used equipment (Bruker D8 Advance diffractometer and Quantum Design PPMS-9 magnetometer) at the Shared Physical Characterization Facilities Center, Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences.

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This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 19-33-60080.

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Zykin, M.A., Efimov, N.N. Increased Manganese Solubility and Ferromagnetic Signal in Chalcopyrite CuGaSe2:Mn as a Result of High-Temperature Quenching. Inorg Mater 58, 18–25 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168522010150

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