Influence of Co doping on structural, optical and magnetic properties of BiFeO 3 films deposited on quartz substrates by sol-gel method

  • Lin Peng
  • , Hongmei Deng
  • , Jianjun Tian
  • , Qing Ren
  • , Cheng Peng
  • , Zhipeng Huang
  • , Pingxiong Yang*
  • , Junhao Chu
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Multiferroic BiFe 1-x Co x O 3 (x = 0, 0.03, 0.05, 0.1) thin films have been prepared on quartz substrates using a sol-gel technique. X-ray diffraction data confirms that Co atoms have been successfully incorporated into the host lattice. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) exhibits that the surface morphologies of BiFe 0.97 Co 0.03 O 3 and BiFe 0.95 Co 0.05 O 3 thin films become more compact and uniform. With increasing Co dopant, the position of A 1 -1 and E-4 modes shift towards the lower wavenumber indicates that Co doping induces structural distortion of BiFeO 3 . With increasing Co composition, the fundamental absorption edges of BiFe 1-x Co x O 3 films show red shift. Furthermore, transmittance spectra demonstrates that the optical band gap of BiFe 1-x Co x O 3 films decreases from 2.66 eV to 2.53 eV with the increase of Co from x = 0 to 0.1. At the wavelength of 720 nm, the refractive index decreases and the extinction coefficient increases with increasing the amount of Co. Optical properties reveal that Co doping in BiFeO 3 provides preliminary research for optoelectronic devices and infrared detectors. Compared with BiFeO 3 prepared under similar conditions, the remanent magnetization M r of BiFe 1-x Co x O 3 (x = 0.03, 0.05, 0.1) thin films significantly enhanced, which provides potential applications in information storage.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)146-150
Number of pages5
JournalApplied Surface Science
Volume268
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

Keywords

  • Co doping
  • Optical and magnetic properties

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