Preparation and investigation of structural, magnetic and microwave absorption properties of cerium doped barium hexaferrite

Abstract

In this study the structure, magnetic and microwave absorption properties of cerium (Ce) doped barium hexaferrite with general formulae BaCexFe12-xO19 (x=0.0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.15, 0.2) have been investigated. These samples have been prepared by sol- gel method. Influence of replacing Fe+3 ion by rare- earth Ce+3 ion on the structural, magnetic and microwave absorption properties have been investigated by X- ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), Vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) and vector network analyzer (VNA). X-ray diffraction analysis indicated that the samples are of single phase with space group p63/mmc. The magnetic properties of samples indicated that with the Ce doping the saturation magnetization show no regular behavior. Moreover, coercivity (Hc) first decreased and reached to the minimum value for x=0.1 sample and then increased with Ce content increasing. Also, measurement of electromagnetic wave absorption in X and Ku frequency bands indicated that the maximum of reflection loss obtained for x=0.15 sample. Moreover, result indicated that absorption peak shifted toward a lower frequency when thickness was increased.

Keywords

• Barium hexaferrite
• Ce substitution
• magnetic properties
• microwave absorption