Structure Evolution and Multiferroic Properties in Cobalt Doped Bi4NdTi3Fe1-xCoxO15-Bi3NdTi2Fe1-xCoxO12-δ Intergrowth Aurivillius Compounds

Zhang, D. L.; Huang, W. C.; Chen, Z. W.; Zhao, W. B.; Feng, L.; Li, M.; Yin, Y. W.; Dong, S. N.; Li, X. G.

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Structure Evolution and Multiferroic Properties in Cobalt Doped Bi₄NdTi₃Fe_1-xCo_xO₁₅-Bi₃NdTi₂Fe_1-xCo_xO_12-δ Intergrowth Aurivillius Compounds

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Structure Evolution and Multiferroic Properties in Cobalt Doped Bi₄NdTi₃Fe_1-xCo_xO₁₅-Bi₃NdTi₂Fe_1-xCo_xO_12-δ Intergrowth Aurivillius Compounds

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D. L. Zhang¹,
W. C. Huang¹,
Z. W. Chen¹,
W. B. Zhao¹,
L. Feng¹,
M. Li¹,
Y. W. Yin^1,2,
S. N. Dong¹ &
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X. G. Li^1,3,4

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Abstract

Here, we report the structure evolution, magnetic and ferroelectric properties in Co-doped 4- and 3-layered intergrowth Aurivillius compounds Bi₄NdTi₃Fe_1-xCo_xO₁₅-Bi₃NdTi₂Fe_1-xCo_xO_12-δ. The compounds suffer a structure evolution from the parent 4-layered phase (Bi₄NdTi₃FeO₁₅) to 3-layered phase (Bi₃NdTi₂CoO_12-δ) with increasing cobalt do** level from 0 to 1. Meanwhile the remanent magnetization and polarization show opposite variation tendencies against the do** level, and the sample with x = 0.3 has the largest remanent magnetization and the smallest polarization. It is believed that the Co concentration dependent magnetic properties are related to the population of the Fe³⁺ -O-Co³⁺ bonds, while the suppressed ferroelectric polarization is due to the enhanced leakage current caused by the increasing Co concentration. Furthermore, the samples (x = 0.1–0.7) with ferromagnetism show magnetoelectric coupling effects at room temperature. The results indicate that it is an effective method to create new multiferroic materials through modifying natural superlattices.

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Introduction

The search for multiferroic materials combining electric and magnetic properties in a single phase has attracted a lot of attention in the perspective of future spintronic or magnetoelectronic devices^1,2,3. Unfortunately, only a handful of single phase multiferroics have been discovered so far, and most of them are not suitable for practical applications at present, either because the room temperature polarization/magnetization is too small or their mutual coupling is too weak^4,5,6. Therefore people are still hunting for new multiferroic systems^2,7. One possible route for designing single-phase multiferroic materials is to start from a series of well-established ferroelectrics and create additional functionality by incorporating magnetic ions into these systems^1,8,9. A promising class of materials for this purpose is the so-called Aurivillius phases with a naturally layered perovskite-related crystal structure, which consists of n perovskite-like layers (A_n−1B_nO_3n+1)²⁻, stacked along the [001] direction, and separated by fluorite-like (Bi₂O₂)²⁺ layers¹⁰. The overall chemical composition is thus Bi₂A_n−1B_nO_3n+3, where many different cations can be incorporated on the A and B sites within the perovskite-like layers¹¹. The series of Aurivillius phase compounds are well known for their excellent ferroelectric properties with very low fatigue¹², and offer great potential for tailoring specific properties by varying different ionic compositions or even number of layers^8,13,14. By do** with magnetic cations, the bismuth-based Aurivillius phase compounds were found to have a room temperature ferromagnetic order besides the natural ferroelectricity, indicating their multiferroic potential^8,9,15,16,17. Moreover, the Sm and Co co-doped 3-layered (n = 3) Bi_4-xSm_xTi_3-xCo_xO_12-δ (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.07) ceramics show a magnetoelectric (ME) coupling coefficient of 0.65 mV/cm∙Oe at room temperature¹⁵, while the 5-layered (n = 5) SrBi₅Fe_0.5Co_0.5Ti₅O₁₈ ceramic was found to show a ME coupling coefficient of 0.27 mV/cm∙Oe⁸. Thus this kind of material is one of the excellent choices for ME applications and deserves further investigation.

Furthermore, due to the complexity of the structure, an interesting phenomenon called intergrowth has been reported in Aurivillius compounds^18,19,20. It has been demonstrated that the ferroelectricity of 4- and 3-layered intergrowth compounds is larger than that of individual 4- or 3-layered compound^21,22. However, the effects of magnetic ions do** on ferroelectric, magnetic and multiferroic properties are still unknown in such an intergrowth superlattice system.

Here we successfully synthesized a series of Bi₄NdTi₃Fe_1-xCo_xO₁₅-Bi₃NdTi₂Fe_1-xCo_xO_12-δ (BNTFC-x) compounds with different ratios of 4- and 3-layered Aurivillius intergrowth superlattice structure. It was found that as the cobalt do** concentration increases from 0 to 1, the samples suffer a structure evolution from 4-layers to 3-layers. The observed magnetic and ferroelectric properties can be well explained by the magnetic ions do** and the intergrowth structure evolution.

Results and Discussion

To clarify the structure evolution of the Bi₄NdTi₃Fe_1-xCo_xO₁₅-Bi₃NdTi₂Fe_1-xCo_xO_12-δ (BNTFC-x) compounds, the high-angle annular dark-field (HAADF) images and selected area electron diffraction (SAED) were performed, as shown in Fig. 1. In the HAADF images, the big bright spots stand for the location of the Bi/Nd atoms while the small spots located near the center of Bi/Nd lattice represent the Ti/Fe/Co atoms as depicted in the inset of Fig. 1(b) (4-layered) and (e) (3-layered). It can be seen that the fluorite-like (Bi₂O₂)²⁺ layers and peroskite-like (A_n−1B_nO_3n+1)²⁻ layers are stacking along c direction, indicating that all compounds have a typical Aurivillius layered structure. From the SAED patterns, the electron incidence direction, namely the view direction, can be obtained, as marked in Fig. 1. As shown in Fig. 1(a), the 4-layered lattice can be clearly distinguished for x = 0.1. As the Co concentration increases to 0.3, the 3-layered lattice begins to appear as shown in Fig. 1(b). While x increases to 0.5, the 4-layered and 3-layered structures alternately stack along the [001] direction (shown in Fig. 1(c)). With the x further increasing to 0.7, the 3-layered structure starts to dominate (shown in Fig. 1(d)), and at last for x = 0.9 and 1 components, the 4-layered Aurivillius structure almost disappears (shown in Fig. 1(e) and (f)). The HAADF results indicate that increasing Co do** level makes the BNTFC-x compound experiencing a structure evolution from 4-layered structure to 3-layered structure. This intergrowth phenomenon has also been reported in Sr_xBi_7-xFe_1.5Co_1.5Ti₃O_21-δ, which undergoes a phase evolution from 6-layers to 4-layers when the concentration of A-site doped strontium increases from 0 to 1¹⁴.

The room temperature powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns with data refined by Rietveld Method via Materials Analysis Using Diffraction (MAUD) program^23,24 for BNTFC-x ceramics are shown in Fig. 2. Quantitative analysis confirms that three phases, including 4-layered phase Bi₄NdTi₃Fe_1-xCo_xO₁₅ (n = 4), 3-layered phase Bi₃NdTi₂Fe_1-xCo_xO_12-δ (n = 3), and an impurity phase Bi₁₂TiO₂₀ coexist in the BNTFC-x system. The refinements were based on space group A2₁am (No. 36) for 4-layered phase²⁵, B2cb (No. 41) for 3-layered phase²⁶ and I23 (No. 197) for Bi₁₂TiO₂₀ phase²⁷. The good matching between experimental and calculated XRD patterns is demonstrated by the low R_w value for all compounds (R_w ≤ 6.15%), as shown in Fig. 2. To better understand and analysis the structures, the schematic structure diagrams of 4- and 3-layered phases are shown in Fig. 3(a) and (b), respectively. The Ti, Fe and Co cations were set to occupy the same position (B site in the center of each perovskite structure in the perovskite-like layer) with fixed Ti occupancy (3/4 in 4-layer phase, and 2/3 in 3-layer phase) and changeable occupancies of Fe and Co with the cobalt nominal do** level ((1-x)/4 for Fe and x/4 for Co in 4-layer phase, (1-x)/3 for Fe and x/3 for Co in 3-layer phase).

The lattice parameters a and b obtained by refinement gradually decrease and c increases in both 4-layered (Fig. 4(a)) and 3-layered (Fig. 4(b)) phase with increasing cobalt concentration. As shown in Fig. 4(c), the volume fraction of 4- (3-) layered phase gradually decreases (increases) from 100% (0) to 0 (85.34%) as x increases from 0 to 1, also confirming that the samples suffer a structure evolution from 4-layered phase to 3-layered phase. The fraction of the Bi₁₂TiO₂₀ phase increases with the Co concentration in the samples with x < 0.5, and keeps at about 15% for x ≥ 0.5. The impurity phase (Bi₁₂TiO₂₀) is induced by the element loss during the structure evolution process, similar to the situation in Sr_xBi_7-xFe_1.5Co_1.5Ti₃O_21-δ system¹⁴. According to the results of XRD patterns and HAADF images, the BNTFC-x compounds undergo a structure evolution with a two-phase modulated superlattice when the concentration of Co changes. In other words, the micro superlattice structure can be naturally controlled by the cobalt do** level.

In addition, the Fe/Co ions can occupy two non-equivalent positions (center of inner and outer octahedrons between two (Bi₂O₂)²⁺ layers) in 4- and 3-layered structures. In 4-layered Bi₅Ti₃FeO₁₅, these octahedrally coordinated center sites are shared between Ti⁴⁺ and Fe³⁺ cations, and a quasi-random cation distribution is observed in experiments^25,28. Similarly, it can be assumed that Ti⁴⁺, Fe³⁺, and Co³⁺ cations are randomly distributed in the octahedral center positions in both 4- and 3-layered structures. In perovskite-like compounds the most probable valence states of Fe and Co are + 3. According to Goodenough-Kanamori rules^9,29,30,31, Fe³⁺ -O-Fe³⁺ and Co³⁺ -O-Co³⁺ superexchange interactions with the nature of antiferromagnetism exist in x = 0 and 1 samples, respectively, making the ground state of these two compounds to be antiferromagnetic. Based on the discussions on the occupations and interactions of Fe/Co cations, it can be expected that the structure evolution of BNTFC-x will have a significant impact on the physical properties, e.g. magnetism and ferroelectricity. To verify this, we systemically measured the magnetic and ferroelectric properties of BNTFC-x compounds, and discussed the relationship between the structure and properties as follows.

The room temperature magnetic hysteresis loops for BNTFC-x are shown in Fig. 5(a). The magnetization (M) versus applied field (H) curves of x = 0.1 to 0.7 samples show a typical ferromagnetic hysteresis feature, while those for x = 0, 0.9 and 1.0 show a linear behavior. The remanent magnetization (M_r) and saturation magnetization (M_s, obtained from the M-H curves after deducting the linear part) gradually increase and reach a maximum with increasing Co content to x = 0.3, and then decreases with further increasing Co content, as shown in Fig. 5(b). It is known that the ground state of Bi₄NdTi₃FeO₁₅ (x = 0) is antiferromagnetic. When Co³⁺ replaces parts of Fe³⁺ cations, some Fe³⁺ -O-Fe³⁺ chains will be destroyed, while the antiparallel Fe³⁺ and Co³⁺ superexchange interaction appears. Considering the difference of magnetic moments between a single Fe³⁺ (5.916 μ_B) and a single Co³⁺ (4.899 μ_B)³², the interaction of Fe³⁺ -O-Co³⁺ should contribute to a net magnetization, as discussed in Bi₅Fe_0.5Co_0.5Ti₃O₁₅³³ and Bi₄NdFe_0.5Co_0.5Ti₃O₁₅¹⁶ ceramics. In the situation of x = 0.1, namely 10% Fe³⁺ ions are substituted by Co³⁺, the formation of Fe³⁺ -O-Co³⁺ bonds results in the appearance of ferromagnetism. In x = 0.3, more Fe³⁺ -O-Co³⁺ bonds form, leading to a larger remanent magnetization. While for x > 0.5, the decrease of the amount of Fe³⁺ -O-Co³⁺ bonds may lead to the diminution of magnetization. As for x = 0.9, the concentration of Fe³⁺ ions is too low to construct effective Fe³⁺ -O-Co³⁺ order, the system may be antiferromagnetic or paramagnetic at room temperature, just like Bi₅Ti₃FeO₁₅³⁴. Thus, it can be proposed that the magnetization of BNTFC-x may be mainly contributed by the population of Fe³⁺ -O-Co³⁺ local structure due to the cobalt do**³³. Besides, the Ti/Fe/Co-O-Ti/Fe/Co angles may be affected by Co substitution³⁵ and structure evolution²², which could also affect the observed magnetic properties. It should be noted that the most prominent remanent magnetization (M_r = 123 memu/g) at x = 0.3 is about 31 times larger than that of Bi₅Ti₃Fe_0.5Co_0.5O₁₅ (3.9 memu/g)³³, and comparable with that of Bi₄NdTi₃Fe_0.5Co_0.5O₁₅ (165 memu/g)¹⁶ and Bi₄NdTi₃Fe_0.7Ni_0.3O₁₅ (194 memu/g)³⁶.

It has been reported that the do** of an Aurivillius phase with cobalt will lead to the generation of magnetic second-phase inclusions (Co/Fe-rich spinel phases) which volume fraction is too small to be visible in XRD but may be already enough to contribute significant ferromagnetic signal^9,37,38. Generally, the Fe and Co-rich magnetic inclusions have a chemical formula Fe_3-yCo_yO₄ (0 ≤ y ≤ 3), and the remanent magnetizations (0–20 emu/g) at room temperature decrease with increasing Co content^{39,40,41,42,43,44}. Following the effective statistical method proposed by M. Schmidt et al.³⁸, the volume fraction of the possible inclusions and their upper limit impact on magnetic contributions (M_i/M_r, where M_i is the remanent magnetization of the inclusions and M_r is that of the specimen) for the worst case scenario were carefully estimated via energy selective backscatter (ESB) image and energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX). For the samples with ferromagnetic signals, namely, x = 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, and 0.7, the magnetic contributions to the corresponding specimens of the inclusions are conservatively estimated to be about or smaller than 3.9%, 1.9%, 3.8%, and 1.5%, respectively. While for x = 0.9 and 1.0, the inclusions are paramagnetic at 300 K^44,45, and have no magnetic contributions to the main phase. Based on the criteria of the comprehensive framework raised by M. Schmidt et al.³⁸, we believe that the magnetic results do reflect the intrinsic ferromagnetic properties of the main phase. Detailed calculations are presented in Part I of the Supplementary Material.

Figure 6 shows the room temperature polarization (P) versus electric field (E) curves of BNTFC-x samples, indicating that all specimen have a good ferroelectricity. With increasing the cobalt do** concentration, the remanent polarization P_r first decreases and reaches the minimum (4.26 μC/cm²) at x = 0.3, and then gradually increases with further do**. The obtained P_r for BNTFC-x is better than Bi₄NdTi₃Fe_0.5Co_0.5O₁₅ (1 μC/cm²)¹⁶ as well as Bi₄NdTi₃Fe_0.7Ni_0.3O₁₅ (4.3 μC/cm²)³⁶, and comparable to that of Bi₅Ti₃Fe_0.5Co_0.5O₁₅ ceramics (6.5 μC/cm²)³³. While the coercive field E_c of BNTFC-x keeps decreasing as the cobalt concentration increases, which should be related to the smaller coercive field in 3-layered phase than 4-layered phase²¹. It should be noted that the P_r-x curve (Fig. 6(b), black line) shows an opposite variation tendency as compared with M_r-x curve (Fig. 5(b), black line), indicating a correlation between ferroelectricity and magnetism. For example, the minimum P_r and maximum M_r are observed in x = 0.3 sample. The P_r-x curve indicates that the P_r values of the 4- and 3- layered intergrowth compounds (0.1 < x < 0.9) are smaller than that of individual 4- (x = 0) or 3- (x = 1) layered compound, which is opposite to previous reports (no magnetic ions doped in the samples)^21,22, probably due to the magnetic ion do** in our system. Figure 6(b) (red line) shows the resistivity (ρ) for the BNTFC-x at room temperature. The similar variation tendency of P_r and ρ implies that the weakened ferroelectricity should be attributed to the increasing leakage current. Usually, magnetic ion do** will reduce the resistivity of a dielectric material and weaken the ferroelectric performance due to the strengthening of exchange interaction between magnetic ions^{Full size image}

Conclusions

In summary, the 4- and 3-layered intergrowth Aurivillius ceramics Bi₄NdTi₃Fe_1-xCo_xO₁₅-Bi₃NdTi₂Fe_1-xCo_xO_12-δ with a natural superlattice structure were successfully synthesized, offering us a platform to investigate the relationship between the superlattice structure and physical properties via conventional methods. By increasing the cobalt do** concentration, the 4-layered parent phase gradually transforms to 3-layered phase, corresponding to a structure evolution. The 4-layered and 3-layered phase can clamp or modulate each other via the lattice mismatch. So the observed properties are beyond a simple combined effect of the two phases. As cobalt do** level increases, the ferromagnetism appears in the ferroelectric material, and the remanent magnetization gradually increases and reaches the maximum value at x = 0.3, accompanied by the decreasing of remanent ferroelectric polarization. When further increasing the cobalt do** concentration, the remanent magnetization decreases along with the increasing of ferroelectricity. The variation of magnetic and ferroelectric properties can be well explained by the superlattice structure evolution. Furthermore, all samples with ferromagnetic M-H (x = 0.1–0.7) show ME effect at room temperature, and the largest ME coefficient is in x = 0.5 sample.

Methods

The polycrystalline intergrowth superlattice structure Bi₄NdTi₃Fe_1-xCo_xO₁₅-Bi₃NdTi₂Fe_1-xCo_xO_12-δ (BNTFC-x) with x = 0, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9 and 1.0 were prepared by a conventional solid-state reaction method. Note that all the samples were synthesized with 4-layered nominal composition as Bi₄NdTi₃Fe_1-xCo_xO₁₅. The stoichiometric amounts Bi₂O₃ (with 10 wt. % excess Bi₂O₃ to compensate volatilization loss during the sintering process), Nd₂O₃, Fe₂O₃, Co₂O₃, and TiO₂ powders were mixed by grinding. The mixtures were then pre-sintered at 850 °C for 20 h, and subsequently grounded, pelletized and calcined at 900 °C for 20 h. The obtained samples were cut into the form of pellets with the area of 4 × 4 mm². For electrical measurement, the samples were well-polished to thickness of 0.120 mm, and deposited Au electrodes onto the opposite surfaces by sputtering. Due to the extra amount of Bi and the generation of secondary phase, the stoichiometries discussed are nominal (see Supplementary information Table S2 for actual stoichiometry determined by EDS).

Crystalline structures of the samples were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) using Cu K_α1 radiation (Philips X’Pert Pro diffractometer), and high-angle annular dark-field (HAADF) images (JEOL JEM-2010 field emission electron microscope). Ferroelectric measurement was performed on Radiant Technologies Precision Premier II (Radiant Tech., USA). Magnetic properties were measured using a SQUID-VSM (Quantum Design, USA). The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images (including secondary-electron (SE) and energy selective backscatter (ESB) images) and EDX were performed on Zeiss Gemini SEM 500 equipped with an ESB detector and an Oxford X-Max 80 detector. The magnetoelectric (ME) voltage coefficient was determined by measuring the electric field generated across the sample with ac magnetic fields (H_ac about 2 Oe) and dc bias fields (H_dc up to 5 kOe), performed on Super M-E system (Quantum Design). A signal generator amplified by a power amplifier was used to drive a Helmholtz coil to generate the small H_ac superimposed on H_dc. The voltage generated across the sample was measured with a lock-in amplifier. The ME measurement was performed at room temperature.

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How to cite this article: Zhang, D. L. et al. Structure Evolution and Multiferroic Properties in Cobalt Doped Bi₄NdTi₃Fe_1-xCo _x O₁₅-Bi₃NdTi₂Fe_1-xCo _x O_12-δ Intergrowth Aurivillius Compounds. Sci. Rep. 7, 43540; doi: 10.1038/srep43540 (2017).

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and the National Basic Research Program of China (2016YFA0300103, 2015CB921201 and 2012CB922003). This work was partially carried out at the USTC Center for Micro and Nanoscale Research and Fabrication. The authors also thank Drs. S. Q. Fu, J. L. Huang, and Y. Lin at the USTC Instruments’ Center for Physical Science for the SEM and TEM measurements.

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X.G.L. and Y.W.Y. designed and supervised the experiments; D.L.Z. and Z.W.C. prepared the sample; D.L.Z., W.C. H. and S.N.D carried out HAADF and SAED measurements and assisted in analyzing the relative data; D.L.Z., W.C. H and L.F. performed the XRD measurements and Rietveld refinements; D.L.Z., W.B.Z and L.F characterized the ferroelectric and magnetic properties; M.L. performed the SEM and EDX measurements; D.L.Z., X.G.L. and Y.W.Y. were responsible for all data analysis and wrote the manuscript. All authors contributed to the discussions and editing of the manuscript.

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Zhang, D., Huang, W., Chen, Z. et al. Structure Evolution and Multiferroic Properties in Cobalt Doped Bi₄NdTi₃Fe_1-xCo_xO₁₅-Bi₃NdTi₂Fe_1-xCo_xO_12-δ Intergrowth Aurivillius Compounds. Sci Rep 7, 43540 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/srep43540

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