Issue 13, 2018

Ferromagnetism with strong magnetocrystalline anisotropy in A-site ordered perovskite YBaCo2O6 epitaxial thin films prepared via wet-chemical topotactic oxidation

Abstract

A-site cation-ordered perovskite cobaltite, RBaCo2Ox (R = rare earth element), exhibits fascinating physical properties, such as spin-state ordering and high oxygen conductivity, because of the large tetragonal distortion of the Co orbital. However, the distorted coordination geometry prefers oxygen vacancies, resulting in a difficulty in obtaining the stoichiometric phase (x = 6). For example, x in YBaCo2Ox, which has largely distorted Co orbitals because of the small size of Y3+, has so far been limited to 5.52. To expand the available range of x, in this study, we performed a low-temperature topotactic oxidation of YBaCo2O5.3 epitaxial films using a strong oxidizing agent NaClO. The x value can be varied in a wide range of 5.3–6.0, maintaining the A-site cation-ordered perovskite structure, by changing the pH and temperature of NaClO. The single crystalline film with x = 6 exhibits large tetragonal distortion (c/a = 0.968) because of the small ionic radius of Y3+ and substrate-induced tensile strain. Unlike antiferromagnetic insulating YBaCo2O5.5, the fully oxidized film with x = 6 exhibits in-plane ferromagnetism and metallicity with a Curie temperature of 130 K possibly because of the double-exchange interaction between Co3+ and Co4+. Moreover, the YBaCo2O6 film exhibits huge magnetic anisotropy with a magnetic anisotropy constant of 1.5 × 108 erg cm−3, demonstrating that the A-site cation-ordered perovskite structure is promising for obtaining high magnetocrystalline anisotropic materials.

Graphical abstract: Ferromagnetism with strong magnetocrystalline anisotropy in A-site ordered perovskite YBaCo2O6 epitaxial thin films prepared via wet-chemical topotactic oxidation

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Nov 2017
Accepted
24 Feb 2018
First published
27 Feb 2018

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2018,6, 3445-3450

Ferromagnetism with strong magnetocrystalline anisotropy in A-site ordered perovskite YBaCo2O6 epitaxial thin films prepared via wet-chemical topotactic oxidation

T. Katayama, A. Chikamatsu, Y. Hirose, M. Minohara, H. Kumigashira, I. Harayama, D. Sekiba and T. Hasegawa, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2018, 6, 3445 DOI: 10.1039/C7TC05422J

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