Affiliations: [a] Department of Chemistry, Panimalar Engineering College, Poonamallee, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
| [b] Department of Applied Chemistry, Karunya Institute of Science and Technology, Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
| [c] Department of Electronics, St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
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Corresponding author: B. Anna Benedict, Department of Chemistry, Panimalar Engineering College, Poonamallee, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India – 600 123. Mobile: +91 94442 51544; E-mail: annaben69@gmail.com.
Abstract: In our current study, we demonstrate that lanthanum and yttrium ortho ferrites can be synthesized using a combustion process called self-propagating, high-temperature synthesis (SHS) using lanthanum(III) oxide and yttrium(III)oxide, chromium oxide, Iron metal, and potassium perchlorate as raw materials. Synthesized lanthanide and yttrium orthoferrites were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric differential scanning calorimetry techniques. The results show that the synthesized orthoferrites are of high quality with particle sizes less than 100 nm and showing less agglomeration. Synthesized lanthanum and yttrium orthoferrites exhibited electrical conductivities around 50 kHz for different temperatures ranging from 35 to 500°C. The rise in conductivity is found to be linear with an increase in temperature. Herein, our work paves way for low-cost, large-scale production of lanthanide orthoferrites without the need for reaction solvents, which greatly opens up the scope for combustion-based synthesis approaches.
