Tailoring domain structure through manganese to modify the ferroelectricity, strain and magnetic properties of lead-free BiFeO3-based multiferroic ceramics

Ningtao Liu, Ruihong Liang, Xiaobo Zhao, Yuanyuan Zhang, Zhiyong Zhou, Xiaodong Tang, Xianlin Dong

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Abstract

Manganese-modified BiFeO3-based ceramics with typical perovskite structure were fabricated by solid-state reaction method with non-quenched processing. The effects of Mn addition on ferroelectric, strain, magnetic properties as well as domain structure were intensively investigated. The average negative strain significantly increased from ∼0.02% to ∼0.10% after Mn incorporation. Piezoresponse force microscope (PFM) analysis revealed that Mn ions can tune ferroelectric domain heavily, and increase the amount of non-180° ferroelectric domain. Raman spectra demonstrated that the formation of ferroelectric domain and enhanced magnetic properties mainly resulted from the strengthened distortion of octahedral due to Mn addition. Our work provides a better understanding of the correlation between the domain structure and macro-properties in Mn-modified BFO-based multiferroic ceramics.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)470-476
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume740
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Apr 2018

Keywords

  • BiFeO
  • Domain structure
  • Manganese doping
  • Multiferroic ceramics
  • Negative strain
  • Raman spectra

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