Advanced Materials Letters

Volume 9, Issue 11, Article ID 805-810, November 2018

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Synthesis and characterization of pure BiFeO₃ using various complexing agents by Sol-gel method

¹Department of Physics, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, India

²Department of Physics, Hindu College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India 

Adv. Mater. Lett., 2018, 9 (11), pp 805-810

DOI: 10.5185/amlett.2018.2173

Publication Date (Web): Jul 25, 2018

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Abstract

Pure BiFeO₃ (BFO) nanoparticles were prepared using various complexing agents like citric acid, malonic acid, succinic anhydride and tartaric acid by sol-gel method annealed at different temperatures (400 °C, 500 °C, 600 °C). X-Ray diffraction pattern of various samples show the degree of formation of required phase. Particle size of pure phase BFO has been shown using TEM image. Scanning Electron Microscopy studies for different samples give detailed study of morphology of samples. Ferroelectric and magnetic studies of best prepared samples show their comparative multiferroic properties. Dielectric analysis also shows the variation in dielectric loss, real and imaginary part of permittivity versus frequency at room temperature.

Keywords

BiFeO₃, multiferroic, complexing agents, ferroelectric, magnetic.