Influence of transition elements doping on structural, optical and magnetic properties of BiFeO3 films fabricated by magnetron sputtering

Hurui Yan, Hongmei Deng, Nuofan Ding, Jun He, Lin Peng, Lin Sun, Pingxiong Yang, Junhao Chu

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Abstract

Bi0.9La0.1Fe1-xCrxO3 (x=0.03, 0.05 and 0.07) thin films were deposited on LaNiO3/Si and quartz by RF magnetron sputtering, respectively. X-ray diffraction patterns indicate that all phases belong to BiFeO3, and no secondary phase is detected. Three A1 modes and six E modes of the films are observed in Raman scattering spectra, and the A1-1 peak position shows red shift with the increasing of x, which indicates that the Cr doping induces more structural distortion. The band gap of the films for x=0.03, 0.05 and 0.07 can be expressed by (2.99-x) eV, which is due to the Cr doping that increases the tailing of conduction band edge into the band gap. With the Cr content increasing from 3% to 7%, the remnant magnetization and the magnetization at 10 kOe of the films show about 202% and 55% addition, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)123-125
Number of pages3
JournalMaterials Letters
Volume111
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

Keywords

  • BiFeO
  • Ferroelectrics
  • Magnetic properties
  • Optical properties
  • Thin films

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