Structural, magnetic, electrical and electrochemical properties of NiFe2O4 synthesized by the molten salt technique

Baskaran Senthilkumar; Ramakrishnan Kalai Selvan; Palanisamy Vinothbabu; Ilana Perelshtein; Aharon Gedanken

doi:10.1016/j.matchemphys.2011.06.043

Structural, magnetic, electrical and electrochemical properties of NiFe₂O₄ synthesized by the molten salt technique

Baskaran Senthilkumar, Ramakrishnan Kalai Selvan, Palanisamy Vinothbabu, Ilana Perelshtein, Aharon Gedanken

Department of Chemistry

Bharathiar University

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Abstract

Submicron-sized NiFe₂O₄ particles were synthesized by the molten salt method at 900 °C using binary melts of a NaCl and KCl mixture that acts as a flux. The X-ray diffraction pattern confirmed the single phase, high crystalline and cubic structure of NiFe₂O₄ with a Fd3m space group. The FT-IR spectra reveal the stretching vibration of octahedral complexes of Fe³⁺-O^2- through the observed band around 552.3 cm^-1. The SEM and TEM image had indicated the formation of submicron-sized NiFe₂O₄ particles. The ferrimagnetic behavior and high saturation magnetization of 44 emu g^-1 was elucidated by VSM. The maximum electrical conductivity of 1.42 × 10 ^-4 S cm^-1 was observed at 873 K. The NiFe ₂O₄ showed a pseudocapacitive property in 1 M of a LiClO₄ electrolyte and exhibited a specific capacitance of 18.5 F g^-1 at 10 mV s^-1. The hydrogen evolution reaction was also studied for NiFe₂O₄ in 1 M of a H₂SO ₄ solution.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	285-292
Number of pages	8
Journal	Materials Chemistry and Physics
Volume	130
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2011.06.043
State	Published - 17 Oct 2011

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the DST, Government of India for the VSM facility under the FIST Program sanctioned to the Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchi.

Funding

The authors acknowledge the DST, Government of India for the VSM facility under the FIST Program sanctioned to the Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchi.

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Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India

Keywords

Electrical conductivity pseudocapacitance
Electro-catalyst
Ferrimagnetic
Molten salt synthesis
Spinel ferrite

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