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Enhanced dielectric and optical properties in Zn2+ and Zr4+ co-doping BiFeO3 ceramic

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This work focuses on a new BiFeO3 (BFO)-based ceramic prepared by co-doping of Zn2+ and Zr4+ at the Fe-site under low concentration (2%). BiFe0.98(Zn1/2Zr1/2)0.02O3 ceramic (BFZZ-02) was synthesized by the solid-state reaction method. X-ray diffraction revealed the good crystalline nature with the formation of impurities (Bi25FeO39 and Bi2Fe4O9). A rhombohedral R3c structure of BFZZ-02 was elucidated using Rietveld refinement. Raman spectroscopy confirmed also the rhombohedrally distorted perovskite structure and displayed the existence of spin-two-phonon interaction at a higher wavenumber range. BFZZ-02 exhibited a significant improvement in dielectric properties compared to pure BFO. A very high dielectric constant value up to approximately 10000 (at 1 kHz) was reached at Neel temperature (TN = 544 K). The room temperature dielectric constant (ε′r) and loss tangent (tan δ) in BFZZ-02 were ∼734 and ∼0.035, respectively. The weak value in tan δ at room temperature, suggested a decrease in leakage current density compared to BFO owing to the reduction of oxygen vacancies and the formation of Fe2+. The nonexistence of Fe2+ was confirmed by Mossbauer spectroscopy. Eventually, the optical bandgap of BFZZ-02 (Eg ≈ 1.87 eV) was found to be reduced compared to BFO and possible reasons were thus evaluated. Such result suggests a strong absorption of visible light suitable for photocatalytic and solar cell applications.

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All authors contributed to the present manuscript. Material synthesis, data collection, and analysis were performed by MB, ZA, NA and HK. NR: contribute to the Mossbauer measurements. The first draft of the manuscript was written by MB with the cooperation of ZA and all other authors commented on the previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final draft of the manuscript.

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Boukhari, M., Abdelkafi, Z., Abdelmoula, N. et al. Enhanced dielectric and optical properties in Zn2+ and Zr4+ co-doping BiFeO3 ceramic. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 1218 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-10659-5

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