We have investigated correlation between magnetization and electronic structure in Zn0.98Mn0.02O nano-rods. Rietveld analysis of XRD patterns confirms that Mn ions incorporate at the Zn2+ sites. SQUID measurements confirm that Mn doping induces room temperature ferromagnetism (RTFM) in nano-rods and the induced magnetization is an order of magnitude higher than that in the bulk Zn0.98Mn0.02O. The XPS results show that Mn ions are in mixed valent state. Our findings show that bivalence of Mn ions and the oxygen vacancies are responsible for the observed RTFM.

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