Design and Applications of Advanced Magnetic Ceramic Materials: New Insights

A special issue of Magnetochemistry (ISSN 2312-7481).

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Keywords

  • ferrimagnetism
  • magnetic ceramic materials
  • spinels
  • hexagonal ferrites
  • garnets
  • synthesis process
  • magnetic permeability
  • power losses
  • polycrystalline microstructure
  • doping
  • magnetic powders

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Development of NiZn Ferrites Doped with Co for Low Power Losses at High Frequencies (10 MHz) and High Temperatures (>80 °C)
by Stefanos Zaspalis, Georgios Kogias, Vassilios Zaspalis, Eustathios Kikkinides, Elisabeth Rauchenwald, Christoph Vogler and Kevin Ouda
Magnetochemistry 2025, 11(5), 44; https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry11050044 - 17 May 2025
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Polycrystalline nickel–zinc (NiZn) ferrites are widely used in high-frequency applications due to their excellent magnetic properties such as low power losses, high magnetic permeability, and adequate saturation induction. However, data on their power loss behavior at 10 MHz, particularly at elevated temperatures, remain [...] Read more.
Polycrystalline nickel–zinc (NiZn) ferrites are widely used in high-frequency applications due to their excellent magnetic properties such as low power losses, high magnetic permeability, and adequate saturation induction. However, data on their power loss behavior at 10 MHz, particularly at elevated temperatures, remain limited in the literature. This study investigates the magnetic performance of Co-doped NiZn ferrites at 10 MHz, under varying induction fields (3–10 mT) and temperatures (20–120 °C), with a focus on reducing high-temperature losses. Ferrite samples were synthesized using the conventional mixed oxide method and systematically varied in composition (Fe, Co content and Ni/Zn molar ratio). Key findings reveal that the incorporation of cobalt significantly enhances high-temperature performance by shifting resonance frequencies, attributed to increased domain wall pinning. Samples with optimized compositions and processing demonstrated power losses at 10 MHz, 10 mT and 25 °C, 100 °C and 120 °C as low as 310 mW cm−3, 1233 mW cm−3 and 1400 mW cm−3, respectively, with relative initial permeabilities exceeding 80 at these temperatures. These results provide insights into the design of high-frequency magnetic components and highlight strategies to minimize high-temperature losses. Full article
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Phase Formation, Microstructure, and Permeability of Fe-Deficient Ni-Cu-Zn Ferrites (II): Effect of Oxygen Partial Pressure
by Christoph Priese and Jörg Töpfer
Magnetochemistry 2024, 10(12), 97; https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry10120097 - 3 Dec 2024
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We have investigated the phase formation, microstructure, and permeability of stoichiometric and Fe-deficient Ni-Cu-Zn ferrites of composition Ni0.30Cu0.20Zn0.50+zFe2−zO4−(z/2) with 0 ≤ z ≤ 0.06 sintered at 1000 °C in various oxygen partial pressures p [...] Read more.
We have investigated the phase formation, microstructure, and permeability of stoichiometric and Fe-deficient Ni-Cu-Zn ferrites of composition Ni0.30Cu0.20Zn0.50+zFe2−zO4−(z/2) with 0 ≤ z ≤ 0.06 sintered at 1000 °C in various oxygen partial pressures pO2, which range from 0.21 atm down to 10−5 atm. The density of the sintered samples is almost independent of the pO2, whereas the grain size of the Fe-deficient ferrites decreases in more reducing atmospheres. Stoichiometric ferrites show a regular growth of single-phase ferrite grains if sintered in air. Sintering at pO2 ≤ 10−2 atm leads to the formation of a small amount of Cu2O at grain boundaries and triple points. Fe-deficient compositions (z > 0) form Cu-poor stoichiometric ferrites, which coexist with a minority CuO phase homogeneously distributed between the grains after sintering in air. At pO2 ≤ 10−2 atm, the CuO grain boundary phase starts to transform into Cu2O, which concentrates at some triple points at pO2 = 10−2 atm, and it is more homogeneously distributed between the ferrite grains at the lower pO2. Formation of the Cu oxide second phases is investigated using XRD, SEM, and EDX. The permeability at 1 MHz of the stoichiometric ferrites (z = 0) is between µ′ = 200 and µ′ = 300 within the studied range of the pO2. The permeability at 1 MHz of the Fe-deficient samples decreases with the pO2, e.g., from µ′ = 750 at pO2 = 0.21 atm to µ′ = 320 at pO2 = 10−5 atm for z = 0.02, respectively. Full article
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