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Effect of mass ratio on the dielectric and multiferroic properties of Co0.5Zn0.5FeCrO4/Ba0.85Ca0.15Zr0.1Ti0.9O3 composite ceramics

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In this paper, Co0.5Zn0.5FeCrO4/Ba0.85Ca0.15Zr0.1Ti0.9O3 (CZFC/BCZT) composite ceramics with mass ratios (1:1, 3:1, 5:1, and 7:1) were prepared by solid-solution reaction method combined with sol–gel method. Effects of mass ratios on the microstructure, magnetic, dielectric, and ferroelectric properties were investigated. The CZFC and BCZT phase is verified without any secondary phases by XRD. SEM is used to distinguish the microstructure of CZFC / BCZT composite ceramics, which reveals the porous- and homogeneous structures of specimens. The permittivity of CZFC/BCZT ceramics is strongly dependent on its composition and decreases with the increase of CZFC content. Saturated polarization (Ps) and remnant polarization (Pr) of CZFC / BCZT composite ceramics gradually decline with increasing CZFC content from 1:1 to 5:1. The Ps and Pr values of CZFC / BCZT ceramics increase abnormally at 7:1 due to the larger leakage current caused by the pore. Magnetic properties, including Mr (remnant magnetization), and Ms (saturation magnetization), increase with the increase of CZFC content. The largest Mr (0.67 emu/g) and Ms (0.015 emu/g) are obtained at 7:1.

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The present work has been supported by the Chongqing Research Program of Basic Research and Frontier Technology (CSTC2018jcyjAX0416, CSTC2019jcyj-msxmX0071), the Scientific and Technological Research Young Program of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission (KJQN201801509), the Excellent Talent Project in University of Chongqing (Grant no. 2017–35), the Science and Technology Innovation Project of Social Undertakings and Peoples Livelihood Guarantee of Chongqing (Grant no. cstc2017shmsA90015), the Leading Talents of Scientific and Technological Innovation in Chongqing (CSTCCXLJRC201919), the postgraduate science and technology innovation project of Chongqing University of Science and Technology (YKJCX1820214) and the Program for Creative Research Groups in University of Chongqing.

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Chen, G., Cheng, L., Wu, H. et al. Effect of mass ratio on the dielectric and multiferroic properties of Co0.5Zn0.5FeCrO4/Ba0.85Ca0.15Zr0.1Ti0.9O3 composite ceramics. Appl. Phys. A 125, 848 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-019-3145-0

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