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Structural, dielectric, and magnetic properties of Dy-substituted BiFeO3 multiferroic ceramics

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The effect of Dy3+ ion substitution on structural, dielectric, and magnetic behavior of BiFeO3 ceramics has been studied which was prepared via the solid-state route. Structural analysis reveals that the replacement of the Dy3+ ion with that of Bi3+ results in a phase transformation from rhombohedral (x = 0.05) to mixed orthorhombic and rhombohedral (x = 0.10, 0.15, 0.20) along with a reduction in crystallite size. At 463 K, the anomalous behavior in dielectric constant was observed, which indicates high temperature transient interaction between oxygen vacancies and the Fe3+/Fe2+ ions. The complex nonlinear Cole–Cole fitted plots in impedance study revealed the presence of grains with finite grain boundaries, and electrode effects. All the prepared ceramic samples have been found to exhibit electric relaxation of non-Debye type with a negative (− ve) temperature coefficient of resistance, analogous to a semiconductor behavior. The observation of M-H loops shows the magnetic properties at room temperature which indicates that increasing the Dy substitution results in an effective modification of the spiral spin structure of BiFeO3, leading to improved net magnetization. The maximum values of remanent magnetization (Mr = 0.065573 emu/g) and coercive field (Hc = 170.66 Oe) were obtained for the sample x = 0.20. Hence, the addition of the rare earth element Dy improves the magnetic and dielectric properties of pure BiFeO3, making it a suitable choice for data storage media.

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The authors are grateful to the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, for providing the XRD facility through the FIST scheme. S.S. is also grateful to the DST, New Delhi, for funding under the PURSE Program (SR/PURSE Phase 2/40 (G)).

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All the authors have contributed in conceptualization and design of problem. Material preparation, data collection and analysis, and the first original draft has been written by SR. OS has done the data curation, software validation, and manuscript edition work. SK and PS has furnished the visualization scheme and formal analysis work. AA has done funding acquisition and supervision job. Resource management, review, and writing of the final manuscript have been done by SS. All the authors have read and approved the final manuscript.

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Rani, S., Singh, O., Kaushik, S. et al. Structural, dielectric, and magnetic properties of Dy-substituted BiFeO3 multiferroic ceramics. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 258 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-09680-x

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