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Enhanced Magnetic Properties of Bismuth Ferrite by La and Nb Co-doping |
Shilie DENG,Huimin XIAN,Xi CHEN,Lingyun TANG,Jiang ZHANG,Zhongquan MAO
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Department of Physics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640 |
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Abstract 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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Published: 25 January 2018
Online: 2018-01-25
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(a) The X-ray diffraction patterns and (b) the local amplified XRD patterns of Bi1-xLaxFe0.99Nb0.01O3
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Sample | Lattice parameter/?,Vol/?3 | Bi-O/? | Fe-O/? | Fe-O-Fe/(°) | Refined factors | BFO | a=5.573 9(1), c=13.856 2(3) V=372.81(1) | 2.292 9 | 1.853 9 2.192 1 | 156.381 | Rwp=6.05% χ2=2.416 | x=0.00 | a=5.576 7(3), c=13.829 3(14) V=372.46(1) | 2.212 4 | 1.850 0 2.200 1 | 155.575 | Rwp=7.17% χ2=3.378 | x=0.05 | a=5.576 7(1), c=13.837 9(4) V=372.70(2) | 2.309 9 | 1.832 2 2.220 6 | 155.372 | Rwp=5.57% χ2=2.095 | x=0.10 | a=5.579 3(1), c=13.817 3(4) V=372.48(2) | 2.364 8 | 1.773 4 2.278 4 | 155.321 | Rwp=6.59% χ2=2.886 | x=0.15 | a=5.582 1(1), c=13.789 5(7) V=372.11(2) | 2.317 1 | 1.750 6 2.303 0 | 154.866 | Rwp=6.42% χ2=2.599 | x=0.20 | a=5.581 8(3), c=13.767 6(18) V=371.48(2) | 2.165 2 | 1.811 4 2.243 8 | 154.464 | Rwp=7.97% χ2=3.717 | x=0.25 | a=5.584 4(3), c=13.744 4(28) V=371.20(2) | 2.232 5 | 1.807 7 2.250 8 | 153.991 | Rwp=7.86% χ2=4.057 |
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The refined results of BFO and BLaxFe0.99Nb0.01O3
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(a) The lattice parameters and (b) the Fe-O-Fe bond angle as a function of doping amount x of Bi1-xLaxFe0.99Nb0.01O3
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Raman spectra of Bi1-xLaxFe0.99Nb0.01O3 samples
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SEM images of BLFNO samples
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Fe2p 3/2 XPS fitting peaks of BFO and Bi1-xLaxFe0.99Nb0.01O3 samples
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(a) Hysteresis loops and (b) the remnant magnetizations of BLFNO (the data of BiFe1-yNbyO3 are from Ref.[10])
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