Issue 84, 2016, Issue in Progress

Electronic structure and transport properties of antiferromagnetic double perovskite Y2AlCrO6

Abstract

The antiferromagnetic G-type magnetic ordering in Y2AlCrO6 (YAC) has been investigated by electronic band structure calculations. The material is synthesised by a sol–gel technique and the electronic structure calculations are initiated by the experimental lattice parameters, obtained from the Rietveld refinement of the X-ray diffraction data. The Rietveld refinement shows that the room-temperature crystal structure of YAC is monoclinic with the space group P21/n, and contains an ordered array of alternating AlO6 and CrO6 octahedra tilted along the three pseudocubic axes according to the Glazer notation aab+. The Raman spectrum of the sample is observed for P21/n symmetry. The field cooled and zero field cooled measurements of the sample are performed at a magnetic field of 100 Oe in the temperature range from 5 to 300 K. The temperature dependent magnetization shows the anti-ferromagnetic ordering of Cr ions in YAC. The calculated magnetic moment is well matched with the experimental magnetic moment and suggests the 3+ oxidation state of Cr with the canted alignment of its spin. The octahedral co-ordination of Cr3+ ions in YAC is confirmed from the photoluminescence spectrum. The band gap obtained from the diffuse reflectance measurements shows the semiconducting nature of the material. To observe the effect of grains, grain-boundaries and electrodes in the conduction process, the dielectric relaxation of YAC has been investigated using alternating current impedance spectroscopy in the frequency range from 50 Hz to 5 MHz as a function of temperature. An electrical equivalent circuit consisting of the resistance and the constant phase element is used to explain the impedance data. The observed results are used to discuss the effect of substitution of Cr by Al in the parent compound YCrO3.

Graphical abstract: Electronic structure and transport properties of antiferromagnetic double perovskite Y2AlCrO6

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
13 Jun 2016
Accepted
17 Aug 2016
First published
17 Aug 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 80415-80423

Electronic structure and transport properties of antiferromagnetic double perovskite Y2AlCrO6

I. Das, S. Chanda, S. Saha, A. Dutta, S. Banerjee, S. Bandyopadhyay and T. P. Sinha, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 80415 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA15355K

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