Ferromagnetic Double Perovskite Semiconductors with Tunable Properties

Abstract

Abstract The authors successfully dope the magnetically silent double perovskite semiconductor Sr 2 GaSbO 6 to induce ferromagnetism and tune its bandgap, with Ga 3+ partially substituted by the magnetic trivalent cation Mn 3+ , in a rigid cation ordering with Sb 5+ . The new ferromagnetic semiconducting Sr 2 Ga 1− x Mn x SbO 6 double perovskite, which crystallizes in tetragonal symmetry (space group I 4/ m ) and has tunable ferromagnetic ordering temperature and bandgap, suggests that magnetic ion doping of double perovskites is a productive avenue toward obtaining materials for application in next‐generation oxide‐based spintronic devices.