Influence of Zn doping on structural, optical and magnetic properties of BiFeO3 films fabricated by the sol-gel technique

Jian Liu; Hongmei Deng; Xuezhen Zhai; Tie Lin; Xiangjian Meng; Yuanyuan Zhang; Wenliang Zhou; Pingxiong Yang; Junhao Chu

doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2014.06.142

Influence of Zn doping on structural, optical and magnetic properties of BiFeO₃ films fabricated by the sol-gel technique

Jian Liu
, Hongmei Deng
, Xuezhen Zhai
, Tie Lin
, Xiangjian Meng
, Yuanyuan Zhang
, Wenliang Zhou
, Pingxiong Yang^*
, Junhao Chu

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Physics and Electronic Science

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Abstract

The multiferroic BiFe_1-xZn_xO₃ (BFZO _x, x=0, 0.03, 0.06, and 0.09) films have been prepared on quartz substrates by the sol-gel technique. X-ray diffraction indicates that BFZO _x films characterize the distorted rhombohedral perovskite structure. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) shows that Zn doping can improve the crystallinity of BFZO_x (x=0.06 and 0.09) films. With increasing Zn composition, the fundamental absorption edges of BFZO_x films show blue shift. Compared with BiFeO₃ film, the saturation magnetization (M_s) of BFZO_x (x=0.03, 0.06, and 0.09) films is significantly enhanced, which provides potential applications in information storage.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	49-52
Number of pages	4
Journal	Materials Letters
Volume	133
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2014.06.142
State	Published - 15 Oct 2014

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Optical and magnetic properties
Thin films
Zn doping

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