Abstract
This article reports on the synthesis and crystallographic and magnetic structure of barium-doped BiFeO3 compounds with approximate composition Bi1–xBaxFeO3–x/2, as well as those of the fluorinated compounds Bi1–xBaxFeO3–xFx (both with x = 0.2, 0.3), prepared by low-temperature fluorination of the oxide precursors using polyvinylidenedifluoride. Whereas the oxide compounds were obtained as cubic (x = 0.2) and slightly tetragonal (x = 0.3, c/a ≈ 1.003) distorted perovskite compounds, a large tetragonal polar distortion was observed for the oxyfluoride compounds (c/a ≈ 1.08 for x = 0.2 and ∼1.05 for x = 0.3), being isostructural to tetragonal PbTiO3. Although described differently in previous reports on Ba-doped BiFeO3, the observed remanent magnetization is found to agree well with the amount of BaFe12O19 only detectable by neutron diffraction and the well-known magnetic properties of BaFe12O19. The oxyfluoride compounds show G-type antiferromagnetic ordering with magnetic moments lying in the a/b plane.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 12572-12683 |
Journal | Inorganic Chemistry |
Volume | 53 |
Issue number | 23 |
Early online date | 10 Nov 2014 |
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Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2014 |