Optical and electrical properties of multiferroic bismuth ferrite thin films fabricated by sol-gel technique

Dongji Huang, Hongmei Deng, Pingxiong Yang*, Junhao Chu

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Abstract

Single-phase multiferroic BiFeO3 thin films have been prepared on LaNiO3/Si(100) and Si(100) wafer via sol-gel technique. The films are polycrystalline with preferring orientation of (101). The film has a conspicuous absorption in the blue and green light region, and band gap of 2.74 eV. The refractive index and the extinction coefficient of the film is about 2.36 and 0.06 at 600 nm, 2.26 and close to zero in the range of 800-1200 nm, respectively. The films also exhibit favorable ferroelectric and dielectric properties. A large photo induced open-circuit voltage was observed, indicating that the film exhibits photovoltaic behaviours.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2233-2235
Number of pages3
JournalMaterials Letters
Volume64
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - 31 Oct 2010

Keywords

  • BiFeO
  • Ferroelectric
  • Optical properties
  • Photovoltaic effect

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