M\"{o}ssbauer study of Na$_{0.82}$CoO$_2$ (doped by 1% $^{57}$Fe)

TL;DR

This study uses Mössbauer spectroscopy with 1% 57Fe doping to investigate charge and magnetic ordering in Na$_{0.82}$CoO$_2$, revealing distinct Fe oxidation states and magnetic correlations at low temperatures.

Contribution

It provides new insights into charge and magnetic ordering in Na$_{0.82}$CoO$_2$ through Mössbauer spectroscopy with Fe doping, highlighting the coexistence of Fe$^{3+}$ and Fe$^{4+}$ and magnetic phenomena.

Findings

Identification of Fe$^{3+}$ and Fe$^{4+}$ sites at room temperature.

Evidence of magnetic correlations below 10 K.

Charge ordering related to Na and Co ion arrangements.

Abstract

We studied by M\"{o}ssbauer spectroscopy the Na$_{0.82}$CoO$_2$ compound using 1% $^{57}$Fe as a local probe which substitutes for the Co ions. M\"{o}ssbauer spectra at T=300 K revealed two sites which correspond to Fe$^{3+}$ and Fe$^{4+}$. The existence of two distinct values of the quadrupole splitting instead of a continuous distribution should be related with the charge ordering of Co$^{+3}$, Co$^{+4}$ ions and ion ordering of Na(1) and Na(2). Below T=10 K part of the spectrum area, corresponding to Fe$^{4+}$ and all of Fe$^{3+}$, displays broad magnetically split spectra arising either from short-range magnetic correlations or from slow electronic spin relaxation.