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In this work, the synthesis results are reported, and the structural, electrical and magnetic properties of orthorhombic (Pbam) structured bulk Bi2Fe4O9 synthesized through the solid-state reaction process have been studied. Bi2Fe4O9 has been investigated using several ecperimental techniques, such as X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, dielectric as well as magnetometry. The Rietveld refined X-ray diffraction data and Raman spectroscopy results clearly revealed the formation of Bi2Fe4O9 perovskite structure and all the peaks of Bi2Fe4O9 perfectly indexed with the orthorhombic (Pbam) structure. It has been established that the Raman spectrum identified Ag, B2g, and B3g active optical phonon modes, and the Raman peak at 470 cm−1 possibly have a magnetic origin. As a result, the coexistence of weak ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic orders in Bi2Fe4O9 ceramic was established. The remnant magnetization (2Mr) and coercivity (2Hc) are 8.74 × 10−4 emu/g and 478.8 Oe, respectively. We report the significant multifarroic effects in polycrystalline Bi2Fe4O9 ceramics. These characteristics make this material very useful in technological and practical applications.
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We acknowledge the financial support from National Natural Science Foundation of China under grant number 11774276 and 51074131. The authors are grateful to Dr. S. Satapathy for their long-term collaboration and numerous fruitful discussions.
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Sharma, P., Kumar, A., Jingyou, T. et al. Structural, electrical, and magnetic properties of mullite-type Bi2Fe4O9 ceramic. J Electroceram 45, 148–155 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10832-021-00233-y
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