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A Facile Route to the Synthesis of BiFeO 3 at Low Temperature
Author(s) -
Liu Ting,
Xu Yebin,
Feng Shangshen,
Zhao Jingyuan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.04536.x
Subject(s) - crystallite , materials science , transmission electron microscopy , scanning electron microscope , phase (matter) , diffraction , particle size , field emission microscopy , chemical engineering , electron microscope , single phase , sol gel , nanotechnology , crystallography , composite material , optics , chemistry , metallurgy , organic chemistry , physics , electrical engineering , engineering
A facile sol–gel methodology based on the glycerol‐gel reaction was used to prepare single‐phase BiFeO 3 crystallites. The particle size and morphologies of BiFeO 3 crystallites were characterized by field‐emission scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscope. X‐ray diffraction results indicated that single‐phase and well‐crystallized BiFeO 3 has been synthesized at the temperature as low as 400°C. In present work, single‐phase BiFeO 3 can be formed at lower temperature and less organics is required, furthermore, the process is simple and easy to control.