Eu doping in multiferroic BiFeO3ceramics studied by Mossbauer and EXAFS spectroscopy
- 10 August 2010
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
- Vol. 22 (35), 356001
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/22/35/356001
Abstract
Bismuth ferrite ceramics (BiFeO(3)) are multifunctional materials classified as multiferroics for their special magnetic and electric properties that can be modified by substitutional doping at the Bi and/or Fe sites. Understanding the relation between magnetoelectric response and structural/electronic modification upon doping is a relevant issue. In this work, the structure of Eu-doped multiferroic systems (Bi(1-x)Eu(x)FeO(3), x = 0, 0.5, 0.1, 0.15) as well as the valence state of Fe and Eu ions have been investigated combining Mossbauer and x-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy techniques. The Eu(3+) doping at the Bi site results in better magnetic properties. High temperature (57)Fe Mossbauer data and Fe K-edge XAFS results show that FeO(6) octahedron distortions reduce with Eu(3+) doping. It is conclusively shown that the observed magnetic properties in BiFeO(3) with chemical substitution (Eu) are mainly due to the structural distortions and not due to Fe multiple valence. (151)Eu Mossbauer measurements show that the Eu(3+)(Bi(3+)) site is magnetically inactive in BiFeO(3).Keywords
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