Magnetic Characteristics of Carbon-Doped Nanocrystalline TiO2

作者:Wen, Qi-Ye*; Zhang, Huai-Wu; Yang, Qing-Hui; Gu, De-En; Li, Yuan-Xun; Liu, Ying-Li; Shen, Jian; Xiao, J. Q.
来源:IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 2009, 45(10): 4096-4099.
DOI:10.1109/TMAG.2009.2024317

摘要

Carbon doped TiO2 nanocrystal powder samples with various C contents were synthesized by a low-temperature sol-gel method, and a large lattice C contents of 12.7% was obtained. We demonstrated that the C ions were homogenously doped into the TiO2 matrix at the form of substitutional C (Cs-o) and interstitial C (C-I), without precipitation of TiC and other impurity phase. Our results show that C-doped TiO2 is ferromagnetic with the Curie temperature well above room temperature. The magnetization is mainly related to the content of Cs-o, suggesting that the intrinsic ferromagnetism originates from the Ti-C system in the TiO2 environment.