Co离子掺杂La2Ti2-xCoxO7的室温多铁性

Room Temperature Multiferroicity of the Co-doped La2Ti2-xCoxO7 Composition

  • 摘要: 通过向传统铁电材料La2Ti2O7中引入磁性Co离子,成功制备出了新型室温多铁材料La2Ti2-xCoxO7x=0、0.03、0.05、0.07)。测试结果表明,所有样品均为单相晶体结构,在x射线探测范围内无第二相杂质出现。适当浓度的磁性Co离子掺杂不仅可有效提高材料的饱和铁磁磁化强度,还可有效降低体系漏电流,提高La2Ti2O7绝缘性,进而改善La2Ti2-xCoxO7铁电性和多铁性。对La2Ti2-xCoxO7等样品的顺磁、反铁磁和铁磁等复杂磁相互作用的微观机理进行了探讨。铁磁性的产生被认为与氧空位和过渡金属离子3d电子自旋之间的交换耦合作用有关。而对未掺杂的La2Ti2O7样品,其铁磁性的出现可能与材料内部形成的氧空位有关。由于氧空位的存在,为保持整体价态平衡,Ti4+离子转变为Ti3+离子,使得Ti3+离子的3d轨道存在一个电子,La2Ti2O7样品存在弱铁磁性。

     

    Abstract: The room temperature multiferroic material La2Ti2-xCoxO7 (x=0, 0.03, 0.05, 0.07) is successfully synthesized by introducing magnetic Co ions into La2Ti2O7. The microstructural investigation indicates that all the samples crystalize into a single phase structure and no impurity can be observed in the detected range of the X-ray diffraction. A suitable concentration of Co doping could not only enhance the magnetism, but also decrease the leakage current and increase the insulativity. As a result, the ferroelectricity and multiferroic can be improved. Simultaneously, the ferromagnetic, antiferromagnetic and paramagnetic interactions in La2Ti2-xCoxO7 are also discussed. The ferromagnetism originates from the coupling interaction of the oxygen vacancies and the spins of Co cations. For the undoped La2Ti2O7 samples, the ferromagnetism can be attributed to the oxygen vacancies. For keeping the balance of the valence, the existed oxygen vacancies cause that some Ti4+ ions are transformed into Ti3+ ions. Therefore, an electron exists in the 3d orbital of Ti3+ ions and weak ferromagnetism emerges in La2Ti2O7 sample.

     

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