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The effect of Fe–O–Fe bond angle on modulating multiferroic properties of Ba–K-codoped BiFeO3 nanoparticles

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Bi0.9−x Ba0.1K x FeO3 (x = 0, 0.01, 0.02) nanoparticles have been successfully prepared using sol–gel method. X-ray diffraction data revealed rhombohedral distorted perovskite structure for all samples. The magnetization and the leakage current density both increased with K doping. Space charge limited conduction was found to be the dominant mechanism in whole electric field for all the samples investigated by plotting log J versus log E. In addition, the band gaps of all nanoparticles were investigated and the values showed no obvious change with the increase of K content due to the interplay of oxygen vacancies and bond angle of Fe–O–Fe. The dielectric properties including the dielectric constant and loss were also investigated.

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This work was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project Nos. 51572193 and 11104202) and the Guangxi Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 2012GXNSFGA060002).

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  1. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials Physics and Preparing Technology, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China

    Minchen Guo, Weifang Liu, Xunling Xu, Ping Wu, Hong Zhang & Yuling Han

  2. Department of Information Materials Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, 541004, Guangxi, China

    Guanghui Rao

  3. College of Physics and Materials Science, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, 300074, China

    Shouyu Wang

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Guo, M., Liu, W., Xu, X. et al. The effect of Fe–O–Fe bond angle on modulating multiferroic properties of Ba–K-codoped BiFeO3 nanoparticles. J Nanopart Res 17, 460 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-015-3264-2

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