Synthesis and Characterizations of Barium (Ba2+) and Strontium (Sr2+) Doped Bi0.9La0.1FeO3 System
Abstract We discuss synthesis and various characterizations of Bi0.9La0.1-x(Ba/Sr)xFeO3 [x =0,0.05] ceramics. We synthesized these ceramics by solid state reaction method and the samples so synthesized were characterized for structural elucidation exploiting X-ray diffraction technique. The XRD data on Rietveld refinement inferred that all the prepared samples have acquired monoclinic phase with space group CI. Morphology of the samples revealed highly grown grains with moderate grain boundary development carried out exploiting field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) technique. The Energy dispersive analysis of X-ray diffraction (EDAX) spectra analysis confirmed that composition is retained with absence of any foreign impurity. UV-Vis spectral studies of these ceramics confirmed that optical bandgap value about 2.2 eV highly recommended in photocatalytic and opto-electronic device applications. Room temperature dielectric studies revealed that samples are extremely good dielectric materials retained even after 1MHz applied field. The main feature is the dielectric loss which is negotiable for their capability in the modern device applications. Impedance analysis reveals the samples exhibit distributed relaxation times and inherit non-Debye behavior revealed from the depressed semicircles whose centers does not lie on x-axis.