Enhanced magnetic performance of BiFeO3 by cerium substitution

Guangzhi Dong, Huiqing Fan, Zhenxiang Cheng, Shujun Zhang

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Abstract

Micrometre-sized pure BiFeO3 (BF) and Ce-doped Bi0.9Ce0.1FeO3 (BCF) powders were synthesized by using conventional hydrothermal (H) and microwave assisted hydrothermal (MH) methods. The BF-H and BCF-H show obviously enhanced weak ferromagnetic characteristic, in which the BCF-H exhibits excellent magnetic performance, with significantly increased maximum magnetization of ∼3.6 emu/g (under 50 kOe magnetic field) and remanent magnetization of ∼0.268 emu/g at room temperature. The superior magnetic property of BCF-H could be attributed to the suppression of spiral structure and the modulation of canting angle of spins in antiferromagnetic sublattices.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)26205-26209
Number of pages5
JournalCeramics International
Volume46
Issue number16
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2020

Keywords

  • Bismuth ferrite
  • Hydrothermal method
  • Lead free
  • Magnetic property
  • Microwave
  • Perovskite

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