Research Article

Structural and Ferroic Properties of La, Nd, and Dy Doped BiFeO3 Ceramics

Table 2

Important bond lengths of Bi0.8RE0.2FeO3 (RE = La, Nd, and Dy) samples. The error values are presented in the parentheses.

CompoundsBond typeBond length (Å)

BLFOFe–O (3)1.7775
Fe–O (3)2.3165

BNFOFe–O (1)1.4653
Fe–O (1)1.9015
Fe–O (1)2.0505
Fe–O (1)2.1114
Fe–O (1)2.1248
Fe–O (1)2.5882

BDFOFe–O (2)1.9760
Fe–O (2)2.0226
Fe–O (2)2.0958