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Structural, Electrical, and Dielectric Properties of Multiferroic–Spinel Ferrite Composites

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The present work reports development towards magnetoelectric ceramic composites, i.e., (1−x)Bi0.7Al0.3Mn0.3Fe0.7O3–xLi0.3Zn0.4Fe2.3O4 with x = 0.0, 0.25, 0.35, 0.45, and 1.0. Al- and Mn-doped bismuth multiferroic Bi0.7Al0.3Mn0.3Fe0.7O3 (AMBFO) and Zn-doped lithium ferrite Li0.3Zn0.4 Fe2.3O4 (LZF) were synthesized by the coprecipitation and sol–gel method, respectively. The composite system was synthesized by the conventional solid-state reaction technique followed by heat treatment at 700°C for 6 h. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis confirmed the formation of orthorhombic and face-centered cubic phase structure in AMBFO and LZF, respectively. The presence of peaks from both systems in the XRD pattern confirmed composite formation. The metal-to-semiconductor transition temperature decreased from 340 K to 330 K with increase in the LZF content, being mainly due to spin canting and phase structure conversion. The direct-current (DC) electrical resistivity was found to be highest for pure AMBFO and then started to decrease with increase in the Li-Zn ferrite (LZF) content in the composites. The dielectric constant decreased with increase in frequency for all samples, in accordance with Koop’s phenomenological theory and the Debye relaxation model. However, the alternating-current (AC) conductivity increased with increase in frequency for all samples, which can be attributed to the conduction mechanism of polaron hopping. These composites open a new approach towards magnetoelectric applications, high-frequency devices, and semiconductor-based solar energy conversion systems.

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Muhammad Aamir Nazir is highly grateful to the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan for financial support under Project No. 20-1515/R&D/09-8049. Shahid M. Ramay would like to extend sincere appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University for funding this Research Group (No. RG 1435-004).

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  1. Department of Physics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan

    Muhammad Aamir Nazir, Misbah Ul-Islam, Irshad Ali & Hassan Ali

  2. Institute of Chemical Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan

    Bashir Ahmad, Nadeem Raza, Muhammad Fahad Ehsan & Muhammad Naeem Ashiq

  3. College of Science, Physics and Astronomy Department, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

    Shahid M. Ramay

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Nazir, M.A., Ul-Islam, M., Ali, I. et al. Structural, Electrical, and Dielectric Properties of Multiferroic–Spinel Ferrite Composites. J. Electron. Mater. 45, 1065–1072 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-015-4286-3

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