Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Structural, electrical and magnetic properties of lead-free double perovskite multiferroic: BiSrFeCeO6

  • Published:
Bulletin of Materials Science Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

In this paper, detailed studies of structural, micro-structural, dielectric, electrical and magneto-electric characteristics of chemically synthesized a new double perovskite, BiSrFeCeO6 (strontium cerate-modified bismuth ferrite), are reported. The basic crystal data (unit cell dimension and orthorhombic crystal system) of the compound were obtained by analysing the room temperature X-ray powder diffraction data. Study of the surface microstructure of a sintered pellet sample, recorded by scanning electron microscope at room temperature, reveals the formation of high-density sample with the homogeneously and uniformly distributed grains of different size and shape. Analysis of frequency-temperature dependence of dielectric parameters and nature of hysteresis loop has exhibited the ferroelectric characteristics of the material. Studies of complex impedance and modulus components at different temperatures and frequencies have provided electrical characteristics of grains and grain boundaries present in the material, which are closely related to its microstructure. Thus, the correlation between the crystal structure with electrical properties and relaxation mechanism of the prepared sample has been established. The type of dielectric relaxation process and mechanism occurred in the compound have also been studied not only by analysis of the dielectric properties (εr, tan δ) and impedance parameters, but also from the study of frequency-temperature conductivity. The existence of negative temperature coefficient of resistance (NTCR) characteristics in the material has been confirmed from the temperature and dc conductivity analysis. Similarly, the frequency and ac conductivity analysis show that the studied compound follows Jonscher’s universal power law. Based on the structural, ferroelectric, magnetic and magneto-electric characteristics, multiferroism in the new composition of bismuth ferrite has been established.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Subscribe and save

Springer+ Basic
$34.99 /Month
  • Get 10 units per month
  • Download Article/Chapter or eBook
  • 1 Unit = 1 Article or 1 Chapter
  • Cancel anytime
Subscribe now

Buy Now

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
Figure 4
Figure 5
Figure 6
Figure 7
Figure 8
Figure 9

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Ryu J, Priya S, Uchino K and Kim H E 2002 J. Electroceram. 8 107

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Wang J, Neaton J B, Zheng H, Nagarajan V, Ogale S B, Liu B et al 2003 Science 299 1719

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Fiebig M, Lottermoser T, Fröhlich D, Goltsev A V and Pisarev R V 2002 Nature 419 818

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Kanai T, Ohkoshi S, Nakajima A, Watanabe T and Hashimoto K 2001 Adv. Mater. 13 487

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Cheng Z, Wang X L, Kannan C V, Ozawa K, Kimura H, Nishida T et al 2006 Appl. Phys. Lett. 88 132909

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Jin F, Liu J, Niu B, Ta L, Li R, Wang Y et al 2016 Int. J. Hydrog. Energy 41 21439

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Das R, Khan G G and Mandal K 2012 J. Appl. Phys. 111 104115

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Das R and Choudhary R N P 2021 Phys. B: Condens. Matter 603 412522

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Parida K, Dehury S K and Choudhary R N P 2016 Phys. Lett. A 380 4083

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Vasconcelos D C L, Costa V C, Nunes E H M, Sabioni A C S, Gasparon M and Vasconcelos W L 2011 Mater. Sci. Appl. 2 1375

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Dehury S K, Parida K and Choudhary R N P 2017 J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron 28 10441

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Pradhan D K, Choudhary R N P, Rinaldi C and Katiyar R S 2009 J. Appl. Phys. 106 024102

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. Gupta P, Padhee R, Mahapatra P K, Choudhary R N P and Das S 2018 J. Alloys Compd. 731 1171

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Chakrabarti K, Das K, Sarkar B and De S K 2011 J. Appl. Phys. 110 103905

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. Pawar R P and Puri V 2014 Ceram. Int. 40 10423

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. Parida K and Choudhary R N P 2020 J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron 31 13292

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  17. Pradhani N, Mahapatra P K and Choudhary R N P 2020 J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. Mater. 31 591

    Article  Google Scholar 

  18. Sing A, Gupta A and Chatterjee R 2008 Appl. Phys. Lett. 93 022902

    Article  Google Scholar 

  19. Jonscher A K 1977 Nature 267 673

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  20. Acharya T and Choudhary R N P 2016 J. Elect. Mater. 45 947

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  21. Parida K, Dehury S K and Choudhary R N P 2016 J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron 27 11211

    CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Dr Satyabati Das, IIT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, and Dr Perumal Alagarsamy, Professor in Physics, IIT Guwahati, Assam, India, for their kind help in experiments and analyses work.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Physics Department, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, 751030, India

    Kalpana Parida & R N P Choudhary

Authors
  1. Kalpana Parida
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. R N P Choudhary
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Kalpana Parida.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Parida, K., Choudhary, R.N.P. Structural, electrical and magnetic properties of lead-free double perovskite multiferroic: BiSrFeCeO6. Bull Mater Sci 46, 61 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12034-022-02874-3

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12034-022-02874-3

Keywords

Search

Navigation