Influence of Ce and Ni co-doping on structural, optical and magnetic properties of BiFeO3 thin films

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Abstract

Bi0.9Ce0.1Fe1-xNixO3 (xBCFNO, x=0, 0.03, 0.05, 0.07) thin films were fabricated on SiO2 substrates by sol-gel process. X-ray diffraction patterns indicate that all films exhibit a distorted pseudo-tetragonal perovskite structure with a high degree of (012/110) preferred orientation and peak position deviation. The intensity of (012/110) peak changes with the change of x with a maximum value at x=0.05. Furthermore, the grain size become the biggest at x=0.05 revealed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The smallest band gap of xBCFNO films is 2.14 eV at x=0.03 measured by the optical transmission spectra. The magnetic hysteresis (M-H) loops show that the room-temperature ferromagnetism was enhanced with Ce and Ni co-doping.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)322-325 and 331
JournalHongwai Yu Haomibo Xuebao/Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
Volume35
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2016

Keywords

  • BiFeO
  • Ce and Ni co-doping
  • Magnetism
  • Optical properties

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