STRUCTURAL, MAGNETIC AND DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF Fe-DOPED BaTiO3 SOLIDS

The structural, ferroelectric and magnetic properties of bulk perovskite Fe-doped BaTiO3 (BFTO) prepared by standard solid-state reaction have been investigated. X-ray diffraction (XRD) identifies the tetragonal structure of BFTO samples. Rietveld refinements of XRD data indicates that the doping ions led to ab-plane expansion and out-of-ab-plane shrinkage of the BFTO phases. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measurements for the prepared samples reveals that Fe3+ and Fe4+ ions replaces Ti4+ ions in the crystal lattice to form single-phase BFTO solids. The results of the temperature-dependent dielectric properties and magnetic hysteresis loops for the BFTO solids show simultaneously the ferroelectric order and ferromagnetic order at room temperature. The doping of magnetic element Fe brings about ferromagnetic order for the samples, and the measured magnetic moment for each Fe atom increases from 0.70 mu(B) to 1.55 mu(B) in BFTO samples. The origin of ferromagnetism of the BFTO samples should be attributed to the double exchange interactions of Fe3+-O-2-Fe4+ ions.