Effect of Ln (Ln = La, Pr) and Co co-doped on the magnetic and ferroelectric properties of BiFeO3 nanoparticles

Weiwei Mao, Xingfu Wang, Yumin Han, Xing'Ao Li, Yongtao Li, Yufeng Wang, Yanwen Ma, Xiaomiao Feng, Tao Yang, Jianping Yang, Wei Huang

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Abstract

Single-phase Bi0.95Ln0.05Fe0.95Co 0.05O3 (Ln = La, Pr) nanoparticles were prepared by sol-gel method. The impurity phase was effectively suppressed, which was confirmed from XRD measurements. Compared with BiFeO3 (BFO) and BiFe0.95Co0.05O3 prepared under the similar conditions, the magnetic properties of the two co-doped samples were significantly enhanced. Raman results have shown that La and Co co-doping induced significant structure distortion of Fe-O bonds, which may result in a higher value of saturate magnetization, 0.535 emu/g. In addition, the co-doping of La and Co into BFO can reduce the leakage current and enhance the ferroelectric properties.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)520-523
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume584
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Ferroelectrics
  • Magnetic properties
  • Sol-gel processes
  • X-ray diffraction

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