<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Hexagonal high temperature phase β-Co2P nanorods with a diameter of around 50 nm were synthesized via a mild solvothermal route. The reaction was carried out at 180 °C using cobalt chloride hexahydrate (CoCl2 · 6H2O) as Co source and yellow phosphorous as P source. The composition, structure as well as morphology were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The magnetic susceptibility curve indicates that the β-Co2P nanorods show canted antiferromagnetic state, different from the paramagnetic state of orthorhombic low temperature phase β-Co2P. </abstract>

Hexagonal high temperature phase β-Co2P nanorods with a diameter of around 50 nm were synthesized via a mild solvothermal route. The reaction was carried out at 180 °C using cobalt chloride hexahydrate (CoCl2 · 6H2O) as Co source and yellow phosphorous as P source. The composition, structure as well as morphology were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The magnetic susceptibility curve indicates that the β-Co2P nanorods show canted antiferromagnetic state, different from the paramagnetic state of orthorhombic low temperature phase β-Co2P.

Solvothermal synthesis and magnetic properties of β-Co2P nanorods

Yue Yang Vocational Technical College, Yue Yang, Hunan Province, 414000, China

Yue Yang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yue Yang, Hunan Province, 414000, China

Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China

Materials Science-Poland

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Solvothermal synthesis and magnetic properties of  β-CoP nanorods

Hexagonal high temperature phase β-Co2P nanorods with a diameter of around 50 nm were synthesized via a mild solvothermal route. The reaction was carried out...

Solvothermal synthesis and magnetic properties of β-Co₂P nanorods

Published Online: Jul 11, 2015

Page range: 312 - 316

Received: May 25, 2014

Accepted: Feb 11, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2015-0049

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