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Influence of preparation method on phase formation, structural and magnetic properties of BiFeO3

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Nanocrystalline BiFeO3 was synthesized utilizing two distinct techniques: auto-combustion and ceramic. A unique auto-combustion process employing glycine as a fuel has been used to synthesize single-phase BiFeO3 nanoparticles. Well mixed metal nitrates combust, producing BiFeO3 nanoparticles, which crystallize in a rhombohedral perovskite structure. The average particle size of 16 nm was estimated using Rietveld refinement of the X-ray diffraction data. The X-ray diffraction data for the solid-state prepared sample shows the formation of BiFeO3 with the same rhombohedral perovskite structure with an average particle size of 101 nm with additional secondary phases corresponding to Bi2Fe4O9/Bi2O3 and Bi25FeO39. By increasing the sintering time Bi2Fe4O9/Bi2O3 phase disappeared after 3 h of heating and reappeared again after 5 h of sintering. The changing of sintering time was not able to reduce the Bi25FeO39 formation. The TEM estimated average particle size confirms the XRD analysis. M(H) hysteresis loop shows a G-type magnetic structure. Due to the small particle size, the periodicity of canted spins was broken, and the magnetization of the auto-combustion prepared sample is approximately eight times greater than the ceramic prepared one. The importance of pure phase BiFeO3 came from its potential applications in sensors, data storage, spintronics devices, and reports of greatly enhanced ferroelectricity in epitaxially strained thin films.

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The author would deeply like to thank Dr. Mirco D'Incau (Department of Civil, Environmental & Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento), Dr. Saliou Diouf (Department of Materials Engineering and Industrial Technologies, University of Trento), and X- Rays group in physics department, faculty of Science University of Trento for their assistance.

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Ali, S.E. Influence of preparation method on phase formation, structural and magnetic properties of BiFeO3. J Electroceram 48, 95–101 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10832-021-00276-1

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