Investigations on the properties of pure and rare earth modified bismuth ferrite ceramics

Autor: Balasubramanian Karthikeyan, S. Kazhugasalamoorthy, S. Dhanuskodi, N.V. Giridharan, R. Mohandoss, P. Jegatheesan, R. Justin Joseyphus
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 493:569-572
ISSN: 0925-8388
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2009.12.157
Popis: Pure BiFeO 3 (BFO) and La-modified BiFeO 3 (Bi 1− x La x FeO 3 with x = 0.2 and 0.4) ceramic powders were synthesized at relatively low temperature by ferrioxalate precursor method. Pure compositions did not yield phase pure powders and contain secondary phases. At the same time, La-modification at different concentration levels in BFO promoted the formation of perovskite phase with the elimination of secondary phases and phase pure ceramic powders were obtained for the composition Bi 1− x La x FeO 3 with x = 0.4. Further, the effect of lanthanum substitution on the morphology, electrical and magnetic properties was also investigated.
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