Structural transformation and multiferroic properties of single-phase Bi 0.89 Tb 0.11 Fe 1-x Mn x O 3 thin films

  • Guohua Dong
  • , Guoqiang Tan
  • , Yangyang Luo
  • , Wenlong Liu
  • , Huijun Ren
  • , Ao Xia

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Abstract

Pure BiFeO 3 (BFO) and Tb, Mn co-doped BiFeO 3 (BTFMO) thin films were deposited on SnO 2 : F (FTO)/glass substrates using a chemical solution deposition method. Detailed investigations were made on the influence of (Tb, Mn) co-doping on the structure change and the electric properties of the BFO films. With the co-doping of Tb and Mn, the structural transformation from rhombohedral R3c to triclinic P1 is confirmed through XRD, Rietveld refinement and Raman analysis. XPS analysis clarifies that (Tb, Mn) co-doping avails to decrease oxygen vacancy concentration, showing less Fe 2+ ions in the co-doped BTFMO thin films than that of the pure BFO thin film. Among the co-doped thin films, the BTFM 1 O film shows the highly enhanced ferroelectric properties with a giant remnant polarization value (2P r = 180.3 μC/cm 2 ). The structural transformation, the well-distributed fine grains and the reduction of leakage current favor enhanced ferroelectric property of (Tb, Mn) co-doped BFO films. It is also found that the BTFM 1 O film shows the enhanced ferromagnetism with the saturated magnetization (M s = 2.5 emu/cm 3 ) as a result of the collapse of space modulated spin structure by the structure transformation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)280-286
Number of pages7
JournalApplied Surface Science
Volume290
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Jan 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Co-doped
  • Multiferroic
  • Structural transformation

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