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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 322-325 and 331 |
| Journal | Hongwai Yu Haomibo Xuebao/Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| State | Published - 1 Jun 2016 |
Keywords
- BiFeO
- Ce and Ni co-doping
- Magnetism
- Optical properties