Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/30174
Title: Structure and magnetic properties of (La1-xFex)FeO3 (x = 0, 0.25, 0.50) perovskite
Authors: Ünlü, Cumhur Gökhan
Burak Kaynar, M.
Şimşek, T.
Tekgül, A.
Kalkan, B.
Özcan, Sadan
Keywords: Nanoparticle
Orthoferrites
Perovskite
Sol–gel
Crystallite size
Impurities
Ions
Magnetic properties
Nanoparticles
Nitrogen oxides
Rietveld refinement
Saturation magnetization
Sols
X ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Antiferromagnetic coupling
Crystalline structure
Double exchange interactions
Magnetometry measurements
Resulting materials
Structural and magnetic properties
X-ray diffraction data
Iron
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Abstract: The effect of Fe doping of a LaFeO3 orthoferrite nanostructure was investigated, and the structural and magnetic properties of the resulting material were studied. The pure (La1-xFex)FeO3 (x = 0, 0.25, 0.50) nanocrystals with a minimal amount of impurities (?6%) were successfully produced by the sol–gel technique using La(NO2)3 and Fe(NO2)·34H2O as starting materials. The phase impurities and crystalline structures were characterized through multiphase Rietveld refinement of x-ray diffraction data. The results showed that the average crystallite size of synthesized powders is ~18 nm. Lanthanum ions have a valence state of La3+ in the (La1-xFex)FeO3, meanwhile inducing the states of mixed character of Fe3+ and Fe4+ in Fe ions, as confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Magnetometry measurements provided evidence that all the samples, including the parent LaFeO3, are weak ferromagnets; this finding is explained by distortions in the orthoferrite structure, which disturb the ideal antiferromagnetic coupling between Fe3+ ions. Fe substitution for La ions in the parent LaFeO3 structure leads to a significant increase in the saturation magnetization from 5.4 to 10.2 Am2 kg-1, indicating that the double-exchange interaction occurs between Fe3+ and Fe4+ ions. © 2019 Elsevier B.V.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/30174
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.01.047
ISSN: 0925-8388
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