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Bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3) nanocomposites were synthesized using a novel nano-agitator bead milling method followed by calcination. Bismuth oxide and iron oxide nanoparticles were mixed in a stoichiometric ratio and milled for 3 h and calcined at 650 °C in air. X-ray diffraction with Rietveld refinement, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy techniques were used to elucidate the structure of BiFeO3. The particle diameter was found to be ∼17 nm. Magnetic and electrical measurements were performed, and these results were compared with those of similar methods. Mostly, BiFeO3 was obtained with minor secondary phase formation. The resulting powder was weakly ferromagnetic with a remnant magnetization of 0.078 emu/g. This can be attributed to residual strain and defects introduced during the milling process. Electrical testing revealed a high leakage current density that is typical of undoped bismuth ferrite.
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Influences of processing temperatures on the nature of polarization phenomena in 85% (Bi0.5Na0.5)TiO3-15%BaTiO3 with different strategies of bismuth oxide non-stoichiometry
Adding excessive metal oxide doping to a powder batch is a known way to compensate for the loss of volatile cation species during high temperature sintering. An important case in the piezoelectric ceramics is the bismuth oxide in the lead-free ferroelectric ceramic bismuth sodium titanate (BNT). Building from the earlier knowledge about excessive bismuth oxide's influences on the properties of BNT, we further note that varying the sintering temperature can both control the distribution of excessive Bi3+ and impact the relaxor/normal ferroelectric behaviors and corresponding phase transition. In addition to the nature of polarization, the sintering temperature also significantly manipulates the electrical conductivity. A hypothetical mechanism for the resistive grain boundary is proposed, based on inferences from electrical—microstructure—processing relations in 85% Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3-15% BaTiO3 with batched Bi2O3 excess and acceptor Mg2+ in a co-doped strategy.
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- PAR ID:
- 10469958
- Publisher / Repository:
- AIP Publishing
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Applied Physics
- Volume:
- 133
- Issue:
- 21
- ISSN:
- 0021-8979
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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