Abstract
Co-doped anatase and rutile bulk-samples prepared by the sol–gel technique are found to be paramagnetic at room-temperature. Only further annealing in Ar/H 2 gas results in a ferromagnetic behavior. X-ray diffraction and electron-microscope studies reveal for low doping levels <4% the formation of Co-doped rutile samples and the formation of CoTiO 3 as a new phase. Co 3O 4 can be detected in anatase samples with Co doping levels ⩾4%. The observed Co oxides are reduced by Ar/H 2 to Co metal. The room-temperature ferromagnetism can therefore be traced back to a segregation of metallic Co.
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