Structure and magnetism of Zn0.9Co0.1O DMS films prepared by chemical solution deposition method

The Zn0.9Co0.1O films are fabricated by chemical solution deposition method. All the films have the ZnO wurtzite structure with a preferential orientation along the c-axis. The analysis of X-ray near-edge absorption spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy indicates that the valence of Co is +2, and there are oxygen vacancies in Zn0.9Co0.1O films annealed in Ar atmosphere. Extended X-ray absorption fine structure results reveal that Co2+ ions have dissolved into ZnO and substituted for Zn2+ ions. Magnetization measurements show that the film annealed in Ar exhibits ferromagnetism which can be explained by the formation of bound magnetic polarons.