Structural Microstructural and Electrical Transport Studies of Ba(Fe0.25Eu0.25Nb0.5)O3

Authors Devang D. Shah1, P.K. Mehta1 , C.J. Panchal2
Affiliations

1 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara-390002 Gujarat, India

2 Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Technology and Engineering, The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara-390002 Gujarat, India

Е-mail devangshah_04@yahoo.co.in
Issue Volume 5, Year 2013, Number 2
Dates Received 15 February 2013; revised manuscript received 27 April 2013; published online 04 May 2013
Citation Devang D. Shah, P.K. Mehta, C.J. Panchal, J. Nano- Electron. Phys. 5 No 2, 02022 (2013)
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PACS Number(s) 61.05.cp, 77.84.Ek, 72.20.Ee
Keywords XRD (90) , Niobates and tantalates, Mobility edges, Hopping transport.
Annotation The complex multifunctional ceramic Ba(Fe0.25Eu0.25Nb0.5)O3 (BFEN) has been synthesized. The structural studies show two iso-structured phases related with BFN and BEN co-exists in the compound. The high dielectric constant and low dielectric loss of the compound below 575 K promises industrial applications. The activation energies obtained from the Arrhenius analysis of dc conductivity supports possible ferroelectric transition at elevated temperatures. Thus the desirable properties of two different compounds viz. multiferroic properties of BFN and high quality factor of BEN are successfully incorporated in a single compound.

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