Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2015, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (12): 2364.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20150464

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Effects of Magnetic Field on the Morphology and Properties of BiFeO3 Synthesized by Hydrothermal Method

SHI Xuanxuan, XIAO Ruijuan, WANG Zhen, ZHOU Jianping*(), BIAN Xiaobing   

  1. School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China
  • Received:2015-06-12 Online:2015-12-10 Published:2015-11-17
  • Contact: ZHOU Jianping E-mail:zhoujp@snnu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    † Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51372148, 51172138) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China(No.GK201401003)

Abstract:

BiFeO3 powders were synthesized by hydrothermal method under different magnetic fields with KOH concentrations of 2—7 mol/L at 140—220 ℃ for 1—12 h, using Bi(NO3)3·5H2O and Fe(NO3)3·9H2O as reaction materials and KOH as the mineralizer. The external magnetic field expanded the experimental range of alkali concentration and reaction temperature for the synthesis of pure BiFeO3 phase. SEM images showed that the magnetic field effectively reduced the BiFeO3 particle size. The results of photocatalytic experiment showed that the photocatalytic activity of the BiFeO3 powders increased with decreasing particle size. The magnetization was increased and the intensity of A1-2 resonance mode in Raman spectra was enhanced for BiFeO3 prepared under mangetic field.

Key words: Hydrothermal method, Multiferroics, BiFeO3, Magnetic field

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