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Modified ferroelectricity in multiferroic Ba4Nd2Fe2Nb8O30 ceramics via atmosphere treatment

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Single-phase multiferroic Ba4Nd2Fe2Nb8O30 ceramics with the tetragonal tungsten bronze structure were synthesized. The dielectric, ferroelectric, and magnetic properties were systematically studied at room temperature, and the room-temperature multiferroic features were certified by the polarization–electric field hysteresis loops and magnetization-field curves in Ba4Nd2Fe2Nb8O30 ceramics. Interestingly, it was found that the ferroelectric polarization was enhanced by treating samples in non-oxidizing atmospheres, and the highest remnant polarization of 0.94 μC/cm2 can be found in the N2-annealed samples. The refined neutron powder diffraction results showed that the modified ferroelectricity was originated from the displacement of Fe3+/Nb5+ cations at B-sites rather than the oxygen vacancies. These results indicate that the heat treatment in controlled atmosphere is effective means to improve ferroelectricity in tetragonal tungsten bronze structure ceramics.

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This work was financially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2018YFC0114902), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51572237, 51802280, 51772266), Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (No. LZ17E020003), the 111 Project (No. B16042), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2017XZZX001-04, 2017QNA4011).

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  1. Laboratory of Dielectric Materials, State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Cyrus Tang Center for Sensor Materials and Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China

    Cheng Li, Jiang Sheng Hong, Yu Hui Huang, Xiao Qiang Liu & Yong Jun Wu

  2. Institute of Advanced Semiconductors & Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Power Semiconductor Materials and Devices, ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China

    Cheng Li

  3. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, 710072, China

    Xiao Ma & Mao Sen Fu

  4. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310006, China

    Juan Li

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by CL, JSH, YHH, XM, MSF, JL, XQL, and YJW. The first draft of the manuscript was written by CL and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Li, C., Hong, J.S., Huang, Y.H. et al. Modified ferroelectricity in multiferroic Ba4Nd2Fe2Nb8O30 ceramics via atmosphere treatment. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 16414–16424 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-08535-9

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