Effect of 0.5Li2O–0.5K2O–2B2O3 glass additive on optical and magnetic properties of YFeO3 nanomaterials

The orthorhombic crystal structure of YFeO3 (YFO) is well known for photocatalysis and magneto-optical application, as a result, continued efforts are being made to further improve the physical properties (optical and magnetic) of this material via doping of rare earth (more expensive) elements. In this context, we attempted to improve the physical properties of YFO by adding the 0.5Li2O–0.5K2O–2B2O3 (LKBO) as a glass additive (inexpensive). The X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) studies show that the maximum 0.5 wt