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Room-temperature multiferroic properties of 0.6BiFeO3–0.4(Bi0.5Na0.5)(1−x)Ba x TiO3 solid-solution ceramics

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The 0.6BiFeO3–0.4(Bi0.5Na0.5)(1−x)Ba x TiO3 (short for BF-BN(1−x)Ba x T) (x = 0, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5) solid-solution ceramics were fabricated by a sol–gel method. The presence of constituent phases in ceramics was investigated by X-ray diffraction. It indicates that all of the samples are single phase. Not only that, it also proves the rhombohedral structure of the samples. Multiferroic properties dependent on the doping content of Ba ions were studied systematically. The ferroelectricity and ferromagnetism were tested, displaying the maximum values of remnant polarization and remnant magnetization at x = 0.4 simultaneously. With the increasing in x, the peak of dielectric constant depending on temperature shifts toward to the lower temperature range. In addition, the dielectric diffuse degree also increases monotonically as x increases to 0.5.

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(a–e) Magnetization hysteresis loops of BF-BN(1−x)Ba x T (x = 0, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5) solid solutions at room temperature and (f) the evolutions of M r and H c with x.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11174092 and 11474111). We would like to thank the staff of Analysis Center of HUST for their assistance in various measurements.

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    C. M. Zhu, L. G. Wang, S. L. Yuan & Z. M. Tian

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Zhu, C.M., Wang, L.G., Yuan, S.L. et al. Room-temperature multiferroic properties of 0.6BiFeO3–0.4(Bi0.5Na0.5)(1−x)Ba x TiO3 solid-solution ceramics. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 76, 289–297 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-015-3776-3

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