“…Various synthetic approaches have been pursued to prepare spinel Ni 1-x Zn x Fe 2 O 4 and doped Ni 1-x Zn x Fe 2 O 4 with different particle sizes and morphological features, including ceramic technique [17,23], solid-state reaction at low temperatures [5,24], hydrothermal method [25,26], co-precipitation method [15,27,28], citrate precursor method [29,30], high energy ball milling method [31], sol-gel synthesis [16,18,32], self-combustion method [33], molten salt method [34], refluxing method [35], reverse micelle method [36,37], solvothermal method [38], flash combustion technique [39], and chitosan method [40]. In the synthesis of Ni 0.5 Zn 0.5 Fe 2 O 4 , the crystallite diameter, morphology, and crystalline phases of Ni 0.5 Zn 0.5 Fe 2 O 4 associated with its performances highly depend on the synthesis method and calcination temperature.…”