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Hydrothermal Synthesis and Magnetic Properties of Bismuth Ferrites Nanocrystals with Various Morphology
Author(s) -
Wu Lei,
Dong Chunhui,
Chen Hang,
Yao Jinli,
Jiang Changjun,
Xue Desheng
Publication year - 2012
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.1551-2916.2012.05419.x
Subject(s) - magnetization , materials science , bismuth , spin glass , ferromagnetism , dissolution , condensed matter physics , nuclear magnetic resonance , analytical chemistry (journal) , magnetic field , chemistry , metallurgy , physics , chromatography , quantum mechanics
The effects of processing parameters on phase formation of hydrothermally synthesized bismuth ferrites were investigated. Bi 25 FeO 40 , BiFeO 3 , and Bi 2 Fe 4 O 9 with different morphologies and grain size were synthesized by dissolving bismuth nitrate and iron nitrate in KOH solution at reaction time ranging from 3 to 20 h. The subcrystallized part of BiFeO 3 obtained with reaction time of 4 and 5 h displayed strong saturation magnetization of ~2.914 emu/g. The results of the electron spin resonance ( ESR ) indicated each unpaired spin providing a net magnetic moment which eventually led to the enhancement of the saturated magnetization. Furthermore, Zero‐field‐cooled ( ZFC ) and field‐cooled ( FC ) magnetization curves exhibited spin‐glass freezing behavior in all the samples. And the low‐temperature magnetic hysteresis loop displayed the ferromagnetism of BiFeO 3 with different structures and the phenomenon of exchange bias, respectively.