Magnetic Properties and Microstructure of La-substituted Ba-ferrite Composites

A Self-Propagating Combustion Synthesis (SPCS) method, citrate SPCS method, was used to synthesize crystalline powders of La-substituted barium hexaferrit, according to the formula Ba1-xLaxFe11.5Cr0.5O19(x=0～0.25). The structures, morphologies and ferromagnetic properties of La3+ substituted composites were characterized by powder X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD), Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) and Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM). XRD results showed that it was possible to obtain single-phase barium ferrite powders at 1100 ℃ and La content x<0.2. From the SEM, it was observed that the particles calcined at 1100 ℃ had a plate-like hexagonal shape. The results of magnetic mensuration revealed that the magnetic properties of La-substituted samples were obviously affected by La content .With the increasing of the La content, the saturation magnetization of Ba1-xLaxFe11.5Cr0.5O19 (x=0～0.25) increased from 50.1 to 56.2 emu·g-1, and coercivity increased from 1411.1 Oe to 1544.6 Oe.

Optimal Bandgap of Double Perovskite La-Substituted Bi2FeCrO6 for Solar Cells:an ab initio GGA+U Study

The ab initio generalized gradient approximation (GGA)+U study of multiferroic (La Bi )2FeCrO6 in pnma structure and ferri-magnetic order, including Hubbard corrections ( eV) for transition metal/rare earth d-electrons with 20 atoms cell, shows optimum local magnetic moments of (Cr , Fe equal to (?2.56, 4.14) μB and an ideal spin-down band gap of 1.54 eV. Tuned-band gap La-substituted double oxide perovskites BFCO should exhibit enhanced visible-light absorption and carrier mobility, thus could be convenient light absorbers and then efficient alternatives to wide-gap chalcopyrite absorber-based solar cells failing to achieve highest power conversion efficiencies, and even compete with their metal-organic halide perovskites counterparts.

Texture development and grain boundary phase formation in Ce-and Ce-La-substituted Nd-Fe-B magnets during hot-deformation process

In this study,the influence of Ce-and Ce-La-substitution for Nd in Nd-Fe-B magnets on their magnetic and microstructural changes in the course of the hot-deformation process was investigated to gain insight into further reducing the Nd content in fine-grained Nd-Fe-B hot-deformed magnets.We found that the[001]texture and microstructure of the RE-rich grain boundary phases,which are the factors that de-termine the remanence and coercivity of hot-deformed magnets,were deteriorated by the Ce-and Ce-La-substitution.This is because the volume fraction of the RE-rich liquid formed in the grain boundaries during the hot-press and hot-deformation decreased due to the Ce-and Ce-La-substitution,thereby in-creasing the friction between the 2:14:1 grains while the c-axes of grains were aligned by grain rotation and decreasing the RE concentration of grain boundary phases.In particular,the Ce-La-co-substitution further prevented the liquid formation within the grain boundaries of the magnets during hot-press and hot-deformation because the wettability of the RE-rich liquid on the 2:14:1 grains became poor when La was substituted for Nd in the 2:14:1 grains.These results indicate that there is room for further im-provement in both the remanence and coercivity of the Ce-and Ce-La-substituted magnets by intro-ducing additional liquid into the grain boundaries prior to hot-press and hot-deformation.By applying the Nd-Cu infiltration process to the melt-spun ribbons(intermediate infiltration,I-infiltration),both the remanence and coercivity of the Nd-saving(Nd 0.7 Ce 0.3)-Fe-B and(Nd 0.7 Ce 0.225 La 0.075)-Fe-B hot-deformed magnets were successfully improved.