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Magnetization, phonon, and X-ray edge absorption in barium-doped BiFeO3 ceramics

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Magnetization hysteresis loops, dc and ac magnetic susceptibilities, and Raman vibrations have been characterized in (Bi1−x Ba x )FeO3−δ ceramics for x = 0.0, 0.05, 0.10, and 0.15 as functions of temperature. Ferromagnetic hysteresis loops were observed in Ba-doped compounds with increasing magnetization as Ba substitution increases. High-resolution synchrotron Fe K- and L 2,3-edge X-ray absorptions reveal an Fe3+ valence and a modification of the Fe–O–Fe bond structure by the A-site Ba substitution. The oxygen K-edge X-ray absorption suggests that the hybridization of the O 2p and Fe 3d orbitals was reduced by the Ba2+ substitution. Field-cooled and zero-field-cooled magnetic susceptibilities reveal a spin-glass behavior, which was enhanced with increasing Ba substitution. Raman vibrations of the Bi- and Fe-sensitive E(2) and A 1(1) modes reveal frequency softening and step-like anomalies in full-width-at-half-maximum in the vicinity of ~150–250 K, which were attributed to spin–phonon interaction while magnetic ordering transitions take place.

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This project is supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan (MOST) under Project Nos. 104-2221-E-030-014 and 104-2221-E-146-001.

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    Yi Ting & Chi-Shun Tu

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City, 24301, Taiwan

    Pin-Yi Chen

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hwa Hsia University of Technology, New Taipei City, 23567, Taiwan

    Cheng-Sao Chen

  4. Department of Physics, University of San Carlos, 6000, Cebu City, Philippines

    J. Anthoniappen

  5. Department of Physics, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 59717, USA

    V. H. Schmidt

  6. National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, 30076, Taiwan

    Jenn-Min Lee & Ting-Shan Chan

  7. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Wei-Yu Chen & Rui-Wen Song

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Ting, Y., Tu, CS., Chen, PY. et al. Magnetization, phonon, and X-ray edge absorption in barium-doped BiFeO3 ceramics. J Mater Sci 52, 581–594 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-016-0355-0

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