AIP Advances (Aug 2014)

Observation of ferromagnetic semiconductor behavior in manganese-oxide doped graphene

  • Chang-Soo Park,
  • Yu Zhao,
  • Yoon Shon,
  • Chong S. Yoon,
  • Haigun Lee,
  • Cheol Jin Lee

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893240
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 8
pp. 087120 – 087120-7

Abstract

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We have doped manganese-oxide onto graphene by an electrochemical method. Graphene showed a clear ferromagnetic semiconductor behavior after doping of manganese-oxide. The manganese-oxide doped graphene has a coercive field (Hc) of 232 Oe at 10 K, and has the Curie temperature of 270 K from the temperature-dependent resistivity using transport measurement system. The ferromagnetism of manganese-oxide doped graphene attributes to the double-exchange from the coexistence of Mn3+ and Mn4+ on the surface of graphene. In addition, the semiconducting behavior is caused by the formation of manganese-oxide on graphene.