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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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2018 |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Institution: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repository: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/88554 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/88554 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | CERAMICS DIELECTRIC RESPONSE FERROELECTRICS SOLID STATE REACTION https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.7 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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