Probing the role of cation vacancies on the ferromagnetism of La-doped BiFeO3 ceramics
Probing the role of cation vacancies on the ferromagnetism of La-doped BiFeO3 ceramics
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探讨阳离子空位对La掺杂BiFeO3陶瓷铁磁性的作用
DOI:
10.1016/j.jmmm.2017.10.082
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发表时间:
2018-03-01
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2.7
通讯作者:
Ye, Bangjiao
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作者:
Ge, Wenna;Rahman, Azizur;Ye, Bangjiao
Single-phase multiferroic Bi1-xLaxFeO3 (x = 0.00, 0.10, 0.20, 0.30, and 0.40) ceramics were studied by positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy and the effect of the cation vacancies on the magnetism were investigated. Positron lifetime measurements and density-functional theory calculation of positron lifetimes identified the presence of Bi and Fe vacancies. It was observed that when x > 0.20 the Bi monovacancies disappeared gradually and some larger vacancy clusters begin to appear. Magnetic property measurements showed that the remnant magnetization increases greatly when x > 0.20. It is found that the enhanced magnetization is not only due to the suppressed spin cycloid structure, but the variation of cation defects also contributes. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.