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Structural, electrical, and multiferroic properties of (Nd, Zn) co-doped BiFeO3 thin films prepared by a chemical solution deposition method

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The effects of Nd and Zn co-doping on the structural, electrical, and multiferroic properties of the BiFeO3 thin film were investigated. Pure BiFeO3 (BFO) and (Nd, Zn) co-doped Bi0.9Nd0.1Fe0.975Zn0.025O3−δ (BNFZO) thin films were prepared on Pt(111)/Ti/SiO2/Si(100) substrates by using a chemical solution deposition method. X-ray diffraction and Raman scattering analyses revealed the formation of polycrystalline distorted rhombohedral perovskite structures for both of the thin films. As compared to the pure BFO, a low leakage current density of 6.68 × 10−5 A/cm2 (at 100 kV/cm), large remnant polarization (2P r ) of 60 μC/cm2, and low coercive field (2E c ) of 773 kV/cm (at 1,000 kV/cm) were observed for the co-doped BNFZO thin film. Furthermore, the BNFZO thin film showed enhanced magnetization when compared to the BFO thin film. These results indicate that the randomly oriented BNFZO thin film would be a useful nontoxic alternative for lead-containing multiferroic applications.

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This work was supported by the Priority Research Centers Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2010-0029634).

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  1. Department of Physics, Changwon National University, Changwon, Gyeongnam, 641-773, Republic of Korea

    Chinnambedu Murugesan Raghavan, Jin Won Kim & Sang Su Kim

  2. School of Nano and Advanced Materials Engineering, Changwon National University, Changwon, Gyeongnam, 641-773, Republic of Korea

    Tae Kwon Song

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Raghavan, C.M., Kim, J.W., Kim, S.S. et al. Structural, electrical, and multiferroic properties of (Nd, Zn) co-doped BiFeO3 thin films prepared by a chemical solution deposition method. Appl. Phys. A 119, 667–672 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-015-9011-9

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