Published July 2, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Lanthanum doped BiFeO3 powders: Syntheses and characterization

  • 1. Universidade Federal de Itajuba- Unifei - Campus Itabira, Rua Sao Paulo, 377, Bairro Amazonas - Itabira-MG, CEP 35900-373 (Brazil)
  • 2. Laboratorio Interdisciplinar em Ceramica, Departamento de Fisico-Quimica, Instituto de Quimica Universidade Estadual Paulista, Bairro: Quitandinha, CEP: 14800-900, Araraquara, SP (Brazil)

Description

A soft chemistry route was employed to fabricate single-phase lanthanum modified BiFeO3 (BFO) powders. Effects of lanthanum concentration on the phase formation, grain size and morphologies of BFO powders were systematically investigated. X-ray diffraction results indicated that perovskite phase have been synthesized at the temperature of 850 oC/2 h while infrared data indicates no traces of carbonate. Raman analysis reveals that lanthanum atom substitutes bismuth into the BFO site. A homogeneous size distribution of BFO powders was evidenced by scanning electron microscopy.

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Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2010.04.049

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jallcom.2010.04.049;
PII
S0925-8388(10)00865-0;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Journal Volume
501
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 25-29
ISSN
0925-8388
CODEN
JALCEU

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