In the present work, a series of Bi1-xLaxFe0.99Nb0.01O3 (x≤0.25) nanopowders were prepared by sol-gel method, in order to investigate the crystalline structure, grain size and magnetic properties of La and Nb co-doped BiFeO3 nanopowders. All samples are consistent of an R3c rhombohedral structure with decreasing Fe-O-Fe bond angles as the La concentration increases, according to XRD and Rietveld refinement. The XPS data demonstrate that La and Nb co-doping do not change the ratio of Fe 3+ to Fe 2+ in doped BFO system. The remnant magnetization was found to depend markedly on La doping amount (x). It is shown that the La-doping dominates the anti-rotation of the FeO6 octahedral, while the low doping of Nb results in the refinement of the grains. Both mechanisms would give rise to the magnetization enhancement in bismuth ferrite.
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Shilie DENG,Huimin XIAN,Xi CHEN,Lingyun TANG,Jiang ZHANG,Zhongquan MAO. Enhanced Magnetic Properties of Bismuth Ferrite by La and Nb Co-doping. Materials Reports, 2018, 32(2): 176-179.
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