Raman spectra and ferromagnetism of nanocrystalline Fe-doped Li_0.43Nb_0.57O_3+δ

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• 作者：You-Yun Li^a ; Hao-Long Chen^b ; Chia-Liang Kuo^a ; Ping-Hung Hsieh^a ; Weng-Sing Hwang^a ; ^{wshwang@mail.ncku.edu.tw" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Fe-doped lithium niobate ; Ferromagnetism ; Raman spectrum
• 刊名：Ceramics International
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：July 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：42
• 期：9
• 页码：10764-10769
• 全文大小：1963 K

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Nanocrystalline undoped LiNbO₃ and LiNbO₃ doped with x% Fe (x=0.5, 1, 2, 3, 5) were synthesized via a combustion method. Fe-doped LiNbO₃ with a 1 mol% doping concentration exhibited a room-temperature ferromagnetism of 0.06 emu/g. There was an abrupt change in properties when the doping concentration of Fe reached 2 mol%, where the lattice contracted obviously and the saturation magnetization (M_s) increased an order of magnitude to 0.275 emu/g; M_s slightly increased to its maximum value of 1.18 emu/g when the doping concentration was further increased to 5 mol%. Raman spectra showed that the substitution of Li by Fe occurred at small doping concentrations and the substitution of Nb at the Nb site occurred at higher doping concentrations. The results suggest that Fe³⁺ replaced Nb_Li⁴⁺ first and the weaker ferromagnetism is due to the minor fraction of Nb_Li⁴⁺ in LiNbO₃. Then, Fe³⁺ substituted Li⁺, resulting in large lattice distortion and much stronger spin coupling of Fe–Nb. Finally, the excess Fe³⁺ started to replace Nb⁵⁺at the Nb sites, where the spin coupling of Fe–Nb is weaker than that at the Li site. An analysis of the experimental results suggests that the congruent Fe-doped LiNbO₃ is a promising room-temperature single-phase multiferroic material.