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Structural and complex impedance spectroscopic studies of Ni0.5Mg0.3Cu0.2Fe2O4 ferrite nanoparticle

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Spinel ferrite having composition Ni0.5Mg0.3Cu0.2Fe2O4 was prepared by the sol–gel technique at 1473 K. The X-ray diffraction results indicate that the ferrite sample has a cubic spinel-type structure with \(Fd\bar{3}m\) space group. The electrical properties of the studied sample using complex impedance spectroscopy technique have been investigated in the frequency range 102–107 Hz and in the temperature range 300–500 K. The total conductivity curves for sample are found to obey Jonscher power law (σ(ω) = σ dc + Aω n) with an increase in the frequency exponent (n) as temperature increases. The activation energy deduced from the analysis of the conductivity curves matches very well with the value estimated from the relaxation time, indicating that relaxation process and electrical conductivity are attributed to the same defect. Nyquist plots of impedance show semicircle arcs for sample, and an electrical equivalent circuit has been proposed to explain the impedance results. The effect of frequency and temperature on dielectric constant (ε″) and dielectric loss (tanδ) has also been discussed in terms of hopping of charge carriers between Fe2+ and Fe3+ ions.

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  1. Laboratory of Studies of Thermal Systems and Energy, Ibn Eljazzar Road, National Engineering School of Monastir, University of Monastir, 5019, Monastir, Tunisia

    Mohamed Houcine Dhaou & Abdelmajid Jemni

  2. Department of Physics, College of Science, Qassim University, Buraydah Almolaydah, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia

    Mohamed Houcine Dhaou

  3. 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

  4. Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences of Gafsa, University Campus - Sidi Ahmed Zarroug, University of Gafsa, 2112, Gafsa, Tunisia

    Sobhi Hcini

  5. Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Qassim University, Buraydah Almolaydah, P.O.Box: 6644, Buraydah, 51452, Saudi Arabia

    Abdulrahman Mallah

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

    Mohamed Lamjed Bouazizi

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Dhaou, M.H., Hcini, S., Mallah, A. et al. Structural and complex impedance spectroscopic studies of Ni0.5Mg0.3Cu0.2Fe2O4 ferrite nanoparticle. Appl. Phys. A 123, 8 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-0652-0

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