Abstract
Nanocrystalline BaTiO3 particles have been prepared by ambient condition sol (ACS) process starting from soluble precursors of barium and titanium yielding a mixed oxide/hydroxide gel. The gel was peptized and crystallized in water under a refluxing condition. Higher initial pH and Ba/Ti ratio led to smaller crystallite sizes of BaTiO3 powders. Organic mineralizer, tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH), can adsorb on the BaTiO3 nuclei and inhibited further growth of the particles. Adding a polymer during BaTiO3 synthesis led to a smaller particle size and increased redispersibility of the particles in water.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2319-2326 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of the European Ceramic Society |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2006 |
Funding
This work is sponsored by the Division of Materials Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, of the U.S. Department of Energy, and partially supported by National Science Foundation with Grant Number DMR-9731769. Research is also sponsored in part by the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of Transportation Technologies, as part of the High Temperature Materials Laboratory User Program, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U.S. Dept. of Energy under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions, or recommendations expressed here are those of authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsors.
Keywords
- BaTiO
- Powder-chemical preparation
- Sol-gel processes
- Titanates