Effect of Cu-doping on structural and electrical properties of Ni0.4−xCu0.3+xMg0.3Fe2O4 ferrites prepared using sol–gel method

Abstract

ABSTRACTNi0.4−xCu0.3+xMg0.3Fe2O4 spinel ferrites were prepared by sol–gel technique. X-ray diffraction results indicate that ferrite samples have a cubic spinel-type structure with space group. The electrical properties of the studied samples using complex impedance spectroscopy technique have been investigated as a function of frequency at different temperatures. We found that the addition of copper in Ni0.4−xCu0.3+xMg0.3Fe2O4 ferrite system can improve its conductivity. Dielectric properties have been discussed in terms of hopping of charge carriers between Fe2+ and Fe3+ ions. For all samples, frequency dependence of the imaginary part of impedance (Z") shows the existence of relaxation phenomenon. The appropriate equivalent circuit configuration for modeling the Nyquist plots of impedance is of the type of (Rg + Rgb//Cgb).