{"title":"Synthesis and Characterisation of Structural and Electrical Properties of CuMn2O4 Spinel Compound","authors":"R. Yousef, Alaa Nassif, Abla Al-Zoubi, N. Al-Din","doi":"10.37575/b/sci/210028","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"CuMn2O4 was synthesized by the solid-state method. MnO2 and CuO were used as precursors. The optimum temperature of synthesis was 850°C. XRD results showed that the prepared compound had a cubic structure with Fd3 ̅m space group. The lattice constant and unit cell volume were a=8.359Å and V=584.14A°3 respectively. The grain size was calculated by the Debye-Scherrer method and was 33.49 nm for CuMn2O4 annealed at 850°C. The experimental density was calculated and compared to the theoretical density. The results were ρt= 5.399 gr/cm3 and ρE = 5.24 gr/cm3. The electrical properties of the compound showed that it behaves like a semiconductor, and the activation energy of the compound was 0.1535 eV. KEYWORDS Activation energy, copper manganite (CuMO), mixed oxide, solid-state reaction, spinel","PeriodicalId":39024,"journal":{"name":"Scientific Journal of King Faisal University","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Scientific Journal of King Faisal University","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.37575/b/sci/210028","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Multidisciplinary","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
CuMn2O4 was synthesized by the solid-state method. MnO2 and CuO were used as precursors. The optimum temperature of synthesis was 850°C. XRD results showed that the prepared compound had a cubic structure with Fd3 ̅m space group. The lattice constant and unit cell volume were a=8.359Å and V=584.14A°3 respectively. The grain size was calculated by the Debye-Scherrer method and was 33.49 nm for CuMn2O4 annealed at 850°C. The experimental density was calculated and compared to the theoretical density. The results were ρt= 5.399 gr/cm3 and ρE = 5.24 gr/cm3. The electrical properties of the compound showed that it behaves like a semiconductor, and the activation energy of the compound was 0.1535 eV. KEYWORDS Activation energy, copper manganite (CuMO), mixed oxide, solid-state reaction, spinel
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The scientific Journal of King Faisal University is a biannual refereed scientific journal issued under the guidance of the University Scientific Council. The journal also publishes special and supplementary issues when needed. The first volume was published on 1420H-2000G. The journal publishes two separate issues: Humanities and Management Sciences issue, classified in the Arab Impact Factor index, and Basic and Applied Sciences issue, on June and December, and indexed in (CABI) and (SCOPUS) international databases.