Structural and magnetic properties of P25 TiO2 nanoparticles doped by Co

The present work reports on the structural and magnetic properties of TiO2 P25 Degussa powder doped with cobalt. Dissolution of cobalt in TiO2 matrix was achieved by precipitation of tris(diethyldithiocarbamato) cobalt (III) (CoDtc - Co[S2CN(C2H5)(2)](3) in chloroform (CHCl3) and consequent thermal treatment. Five different Co atomic percentage contents were chosen, e.g., 0.5%, 1%, 2%, 5% and 10%. It was shown that cobalt atoms are uniformly distributed across TiO2 matrix and exhibit antiferromagnetic interactions at low temperatures.