Photocatalytic and magnetic behaviors of BiFeO{sub 3} thin films deposited on different substrates
- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 (China)
Single phase polycrystalline BiFeO{sub 3} thin films were grown on three different substrates via chemical solution deposition. Our results indicate that the band gap of as-prepared BiFeO{sub 3} films can be tuned (2.02–2.67 eV) by the grain size effects caused by the substrates. These BiFeO{sub 3} films show good photocatalytic properties by the degradation of Congo red solution under visible-light irradiation (λ{sub }> 400 nm). Additionally, weak ferromagnetic behaviors can be observed at room temperature in all the films, which should be correlated to the destruction of the incommensurate cycloid spin structure of BiFeO{sub 3} phase and the coexistence of Fe{sup 3+} and Fe{sup 2+} as confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
- OSTI ID:
- 22402597
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 116, Issue 17; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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