Graphite nanosheets doped with Fe, Ni, and N, synthesized in one step, and their unique magnetic performance

  • Zhanwei Xu
  • , Hejun Li
  • , Huijuan Luo
  • , Huihui Sun
  • , Qinglin Zhang
  • , Gaoxiang Cao
  • , Kezhi Li

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Abstract

Graphite nanosheets (GNs) doped with N, Fe, or Ni were synthesized by pyrolysis of metal tetrapyridinoporphyrazine (MPTpz, M=Fe2+, and Ni2+) and a mixture of MPTpzs in a chemical vapor deposition furnace. The products obtained were characterized by scanning and transmission electron microscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The magnetic properties of the GNs obtained were investigated at room temperature using a vibrating sample magnetometer with an applied field of -10 00010 000 Gs. The results show the GNs obtained are terrace-like and ultra-thin, with very high aspect ratio. Fe, Ni and N atoms have been doped to the GNs successfully. There are two types of N atom that are introduced into pure carbon systems: pyrinidic and graphitic N atoms. The GNs obtained exhibit ferromagnetic behavior at room temperature. Sample S1, obtained by pyrolysis of a mixture of MPTpzs (M=Fe2+ and Ni2+), have the highest coercivity force. The saturation magnetization (Ms), remanent magnetization (Mr), and coercivity (Hc) values of sample S1 are 24.51 emu g-1, 3.95 emu g-1, and 207.34 Gs, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)643-646
Number of pages4
JournalSolid State Communications
Volume151
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2011

Keywords

  • A. Magnetic films and multilayers
  • A. Nanostructures
  • A. Thin films

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