Ce–Co-doped BiFeO3 multiferroic for optoelectronic and photovoltaic applications

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/26/11/116201

Abstract The Ce-Co-doped BiFeO₃ multiferroic, Bi_1-xCe_xFe_1-xCo_xO₃ (x=0.00, 0.01, 0.03, and 0.05), has been prepared by a sol-gel auto-combustion method and analyzed through Raman spectroscopy, photoluminescence, and UV-visible spectroscopy. We have observed an anomalous intensity of the second-order Raman mode at~1260 cm^-1 in pure BFO and suppressed intensity in doped samples, which indicates the presence of spin two-phonon coupling in these samples. The photoluminescence spectra show reduction in the intensity of emission with the increasing dopant concentration, which indicates the high charge separation efficiency. A sharp absorption with three charge transfer (C-T) and two d-d transitions are shown by UV-visible spectra in the visible region. The band gap of BiFeO₃ (BFO) is decreasing with increasing dopant concentrations and the materials are suitable for photovoltaic applications.

Keywords: Raman and UV-visible spectroscopy photoluminescence and photo-voltaic applications

Received: 21 May 2017
Revised: 06 July 2017
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PACS:	62.23.-c	(Structural classes of nanoscale systems)
	74.25.nd	(Raman and optical spectroscopy)
	78.55.-m	(Photoluminescence, properties and materials)

Corresponding Authors: A K Srivastava
E-mail: srivastava_phy@yahoo.co.in

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Jyoti Sharma, Deepak Basrai, A K Srivastava Ce–Co-doped BiFeO₃ multiferroic for optoelectronic and photovoltaic applications 2017 Chin. Phys. B 26 116201

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