Abstract
Slightly Mn and Mg co-doped BiFeO3 films (BiFeO3, BiFe0.95Mg0.01Mn0.04O3, BiFe0.94Mg0.02Mn0.04O3 and BiFe0.93Mg0.03Mn0.04O3, xBFMMO, x = 0, 0.01, 0.02 and 0.03) have been grown on Si (1 0 0) substrates by sol-gel technique. Rhombohedral lattice structure and phase transition is confirmed by X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. The improved surface morphology and decreased grain size of films can be observed in SEM micrographs due to the influence of Mn and Mg co-doping. Blue emissions of xBFMMO films can be found in Photoluminescence spectra, meanwhile the nonlinear shift of emission peaks imply the variation of bandgap. Room-temperature magnetization versus magnetic field (M-H) curves exhibit enhanced saturation magnetization compared with parental BiFeO3, which can attribute to destroyed spin cycloid and released locked magnetization. These properties offer a great potential on the multiferroic information storage application.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 116-119 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Materials Letters |
| Volume | 199 |
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| State | Published - 15 Jul 2017 |
Keywords
- BiFeO
- Magnetic materials
- Photoluminescence spectra
- Sol-gel preparation
- Thin films