Fe3+/Nb5+ co-doping effects on the properties of Aurivillius Bi4Ti3O12 ceramics

Bi4Ti3-x(Nb0.5Fe0.5)xO12 (BTFNx) ceramics with 0 ≤ x ≤ 2 were synthesized to evaluate the effect of Fe3+/Nb5+ co-substitution into the B-site of Bi4Ti3O12 (BIT). We show that the XRD pattern for the compounds with x ≤ 1 is the characteristic one of a layered perovskite structure belonging to the n =...

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Autores: Lavado, Cristian, Stachiotti, Marcelo Gabriel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/88554
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/88554
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:CERAMICS
DIELECTRIC RESPONSE
FERROELECTRICS
SOLID STATE REACTION
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Sumario:Bi4Ti3-x(Nb0.5Fe0.5)xO12 (BTFNx) ceramics with 0 ≤ x ≤ 2 were synthesized to evaluate the effect of Fe3+/Nb5+ co-substitution into the B-site of Bi4Ti3O12 (BIT). We show that the XRD pattern for the compounds with x ≤ 1 is the characteristic one of a layered perovskite structure belonging to the n = 3 member of the Aurivillius family. Impurity peaks assigned to a pyrochlore phase are detected at higher concentrations. Raman measurements corroborated that Fe3+and Nb5+ ions are incorporated into the Ti sites of the Aurivillius compound. Frequency dependent dielectric studies at room-temperature displayed the reduction of both dielectric constant and loss tangent with substitution, while the electric-field-induced polarization switching behavior indicates ferroelectric character. It is observed that the ferroelectric transition temperature decreases with increasing Fe/Nb content. Magnetic measurements indicated no evidence of ferromagnetic ordering, but antiferromagnetic spin correlations between Fe3+ ions.