Abstract

We report the successful synthesis of Ba0.83Ca0.10Sr0.07TiO3–MnFe2O4 multiferroic composites showing significant improvement in electromechanical and magnetoelectric properties. All the composite samples have formed a diphasic perovskite-ferrite composite without the presence of any impurity or intermediate phase. The bare as well as composite samples have shown classical dielectric behavior even at higher ferrite substituted samples. The electrical characteristics of composite samples have shown slight deterioration, which is mainly attributed to non-ferroelectric MnFe2O4. However, the composites still exhibit high enough piezoelectric behavior and the modification in the electromechanical response of composites is mainly caused by a change in applied stress with MnFe2O4 addition. The M-H loops of composites have demonstrated a ferrimagnetic behavior with a substantial increase in saturation magnetization on increasing the ferrite concentration. Further, the composites have shown better coupling between the ferroelectric and ferrimagnetic phases, which has resulted in an improved magnetoelectric characteristic. The role of oxygen vacancies on ferroelectric and magnetic properties of prepared composites has been systematically studied.

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