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  • Enhancing the electrical properties of multiferroic materials based on variations in BiFeO3-BaTiO3 weight ratio
  • Dwita Suastiyantia,* and Yuli Nurul Maulidab

  • aDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Indonesia, Puspiptek Raya Street, Serpong, South Tangerang, 15314 Indonesia
    bDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Indonesia, Puspiptek Raya Street, Serpong, South Tangerang, 15314 Indonesia

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Abstract

BiFeO3is an example of a multiferroic material widely used for electronic devices, although there have been reports on impeding current leakage problems arising from non-stoichiometry. This challenge is complicated by the presence of only the BiFeO3 phase. The aim of this research, therefore, is to synthesize multiferroic ceramic materials with a combination of BiFeO3 and BaTiO3. Furthermore, an increase in electrical properties have been implicated in the materials’ elevated Magneto Electric (ME) value. The synthesis was performed using the sol-gel method, comprising basic materials of Bi5O(OH)9(NO3)4, Fe(NO3)3.9H2O, C6H8O7, Ba(NO3)2, TiO2, and aquabidestilate. Moreover, the calcination and sinter temperatures used were 350 and 700 oC, respectively, while the varied sintering times include 2, 4, and 6 hours. In addition, the modified weight ratio of BaTiO3:BiFeO3 were 1:1, 1:2 and 2:1. The formed phases are evaluated using X-Ray Diffraction Test, while other characterizations include electrical properties test and particle size measurement. Therefore, the study outcome has the potential to produce ceramic powder with particle size 72-81 nm, and samples sintered at 700 oC for 6 h, with a weight ratio of BaTiO3: BiFeO3 = 2:1, possessed the most significant electrical properties


Keywords: Nanomultiferroic, Current leakage, Magnetoelectric, Non stoichiometry, Electrical properties

This Article

  • 2021; 22(1): 61-65

    Published on Feb 28, 2021

  • 10.36410/jcpr.2021.22.1.61
  • Received on Jul 12, 2020
  • Revised on Oct 13, 2020
  • Accepted on Oct 23, 2020

Correspondence to

  • Dwita Suastiyant
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Indonesia, Puspiptek Raya Street, Serpong, South Tangerang, 15314 Indonesia
    Tel : +62-85697163727

  • E-mail: dwita_suastiyanti@iti.ac.id