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A Facile Synthesis and Characterization of Highly Crystalline Submicro-Sized BiFeO3

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Institute of Chemistry, Vilnius University, Naugarduko 24, LT-03225 Vilnius, Lithuania
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Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, LT-02300 Vilnius, Lithuania
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Scientific-Practical Materials Research Centre of NAS of Belarus, 220072 Minsk, Belarus
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Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Okolna 2, PL 50422 Wroclaw, Poland
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Nanoceramics Inc., Okolna 2, PL-50422 Wroclaw, Poland
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Materials 2020, 13(13), 3035; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13133035
Received: 17 June 2020 / Revised: 29 June 2020 / Accepted: 4 July 2020 / Published: 7 July 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Nanostructured Materials)
In this study, a highly crystalline bismuth ferrite (BFO) powder was synthesized using a novel, very simple, and cost-effective synthetic approach. It was demonstrated that the optimal annealing temperature for the preparation of highly-pure BFO is 650 °C. At lower or higher temperatures, the formation of neighboring crystal phases was observed. The thermal behavior of BFO precursor gel was investigated by thermogravimetric and differential scanning calorimetry (TG-DSC) measurements. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis and Mössbauer spectroscopy were employed for the investigation of structural properties. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to evaluate morphological features of the synthesized materials. The obtained powders were also characterized by magnetization measurements, which showed antiferromagnetic behavior of BFO powders. View Full-Text
Keywords: bismuth ferrite; BiFeO3; solution processing; magnetic properties bismuth ferrite; BiFeO3; solution processing; magnetic properties
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Karoblis, D.; Griesiute, D.; Mazeika, K.; Baltrunas, D.; Karpinsky, D.V.; Lukowiak, A.; Gluchowski, P.; Raudonis, R.; Katelnikovas, A.; Zarkov, A.; Kareiva, A. A Facile Synthesis and Characterization of Highly Crystalline Submicro-Sized BiFeO3. Materials 2020, 13, 3035. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13133035

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Karoblis D, Griesiute D, Mazeika K, Baltrunas D, Karpinsky DV, Lukowiak A, Gluchowski P, Raudonis R, Katelnikovas A, Zarkov A, Kareiva A. A Facile Synthesis and Characterization of Highly Crystalline Submicro-Sized BiFeO3. Materials. 2020; 13(13):3035. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13133035

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Karoblis, Dovydas, Diana Griesiute, Kestutis Mazeika, Dalis Baltrunas, Dmitry V. Karpinsky, Anna Lukowiak, Pawel Gluchowski, Rimantas Raudonis, Arturas Katelnikovas, Aleksej Zarkov, and Aivaras Kareiva. 2020. "A Facile Synthesis and Characterization of Highly Crystalline Submicro-Sized BiFeO3" Materials 13, no. 13: 3035. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13133035

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