Effects of Nd-doping on the structural, electrical, and multiferroic properties of Bi7Fe3Ti3O21 thin films

Abstract

Aurivillius-phase six-layered Bi7Fe3Ti3O21 (BFTO21) and Nd-doped Bi6.4Nd0.6Fe3Ti3O21 (BNdFTO21) thin films were prepared on Pt(111)/Ti/SiO2/Si(100) substrates by using a chemical solution deposition method in order to investigate their structural, electrical, and multiferroic properties. Doping the Bi sites of the BFTO21 with Nd-ions led to remarkable improvements in the electrical and the multiferroic properties. The electrical study of the BNdFTO21 thin film showed a low leakage current density of 4.38 × 10-6 A/cm at an applied electric field of 100 kV/cm, which was about one order of magnitude lower than that of the BFTO21 thin film. The ferroelectric P - E hysteresis loop of the BNdFTO21 thin film exhibited a large remnant polarization (2Pr) of 24 μC/cm2 and a low coercive electric field (2Ec) of 154 kV/cm at an applied electric field of 239 kV/cm. Furthermore, the magnetization and the coercive magnetic field that were observed for the BNdFTO21 thin film at room temperature were drastically enhanced compared to those observed for the BFTO21 thin film.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.3938/NPSM.65.311
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Photonics Technology (AIPT)
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
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Uncontrolled Keywords: Chemical solution deposition,Electrical properties,Multiferroic properties,Nd-doped BiFeTiO,Physics and Astronomy(all)
Publication ISSN: 0374-4914
Last Modified: 08 Jan 2024 09:20
Date Deposited: 14 Oct 2019 09:00
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Published Date: 2015-04-01
Accepted Date: 2015-03-23
Authors: Raghavan, Chinnambedu Murugesan (ORCID Profile 0000-0003-3521-4255)
Kim, Jin Won
Choi, Ji Ya
Kim, Sang Su

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