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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 26205-26209 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Ceramics International |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 16 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2020 |
Keywords
- Bismuth ferrite
- Hydrothermal method
- Lead free
- Magnetic property
- Microwave
- Perovskite