Abstract

Room temperature magnetoelectric coupling effect was observed in CuO-doped SrBi4Ti4O15 lead-free ferroelectric ceramics. Interstitial doping of CuO resulted in the formation of secondary phases at lower angles, which was confirmed from X-ray diffraction studies. Due to the strong magnetic superexchange interactions of CuO, weak room temperature ferromagnetic hysteresis curve was observed. The highest saturation magnetization of 1.61 memu/g and remnant polarization of 6.21 µC/cm2 was achieved for x = 1 mol% of CuO-doped ceramic. Further, the existence of weak magnetoelectric effect (χE = 0.1352 mVcm-1Oe-1) was also achieved. The obtained weak magnetoelectric effect is due to the presence of spontaneous magnetization and oxygen deficiency in the prepared samples.

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