Experimental and theoretical studies of synthesized Bi2NiCrO6 double perovskite material

In this work, the experimental and theoretical studies of Bi2NiCrO6 double perovskite material have been per-formed. The synthesis of Bi2NiCrO6 is made by sol-gel method. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) characterisation of the material reveals that the double perovskite adopts a cubic structure (a = 7.75 angstrom) with Fm3m space group. Based on the Density Functional Theory (DFT) with spin polarized calculations, the electronic and magnetic properties have been investigated. From the total electronic density of states and the electronic band structure analysis, it is found that Bi2NiCrO6 exhibits a metallic behavior. It is also found that the studied compound is ferromagnetic material with a total magnetic moment 1.17 mu B. The results show that Bi2NiCrO6 material is a good candidate for using in devices that requires multifunctional operations including spintronic.

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In this study, both experimental and theoretical investigations on Bi2NiCrO6 double perovskite material were conducted. The results showed that Bi2NiCrO6 has a cubic structure and exhibits metallic behavior. Additionally, the material was found to be ferromagnetic.