Reverse chemical co-precipitation: An effective method for synthesis of BiFeO3 nanoparticles

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  • Omid Mirzaee Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Semnan University
Abstract:

The reverse co-precipitation method was used for synthesis of the pure phase multiferroic BiFeO3 (BFO) nanoparticles. Influence of different pH values on the microstructure and magnetic properties of the BFO nanopowders was investigated. Thermogravimetric-differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA) technique indicated that the optimal temperature for calcination is 550°C. The phase formation and the existence of transient phases (like Bi25FeO39 and Bi2Fe4O9) has been studied using X-ray diffractometry (XRD). The morphological features of the nanopowders were characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and the presence of absorption bands at 400 to 3600  was investigated by Fourier transformed infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The magnetic properties of the synthesized powders were measured using vibrating sample magnetometery (VSM). The results showed that the BFO powders have R3c crystal structure. The FESEM micrographs showed pseudo-cubic shape and particles size in the range of 25-236 nm. The magnetic hysteresis loops were indicated a weak ferromagnetic behavior of the samples at room temperature. Whereas the particles size of as-prepared powders were lower than the spiral spin cycloid (62 nm) and because of high surface-to-volume ratio of nanoparticles, which causes more uncompensated surface spins, the weak ferromagnetic behavior has been seen.

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Journal title

volume 3  issue 1

pages  31- 36

publication date 2017-01-01

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