Effect of structural changes on the electrical properties of sol-gel derived iron doped barium titanate

Abstract

BaTi1-xFexO3 compositions for x = 0.0 - 0.5 were successfully synthesized using sol-gel method and the structural, dielectric, ferroelectric, and ferromagnetic properties of these compositions were studied. X-Ray diffraction patterns revealed a tetragonal phase in x=0.0 composition which changed to the hexagonal phase in x = 0.4 and 0.5 compositions. The coexistence of tetragonal and hexagonal phases was observed in iron doped samples up to x= 0.3. The difference in ionic radii of Ti and Fe ions was responsible for changing c/a ratio. Average grain size was found gradually increasing with Fe content in these compositions and was also observed in SEM micrographs. The dielectric constant and tangent loss were found decreasing with Fe concentration. The values of remnant and saturation polarizations decreased whereas that of saturation magnetization increased with an increasing content of Fe in barium titanate.