skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Polymerized complex route to barium titanate powders using barium-titanium mixed-metal citric acid complex

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Barium titanate (BaTiO{sub 3}) powders were prepared by a polymerized complex method based on the Pechini-type reaction route, wherein a mixed solution of citric acid (CA), ethylene glycol (EG), and barium and titanium ions, with a molar ratio of CA:EG:Ba:Ti = 10:40:1:1, was polymerized to form a transparent resin, which was used as a precursor for BaTiO{sub 3}. Characterization of the initial precursor solution of EG, CA, and barium and titanium ions by Raman scattering and {sup 13}C-NMR spectroscopy indicated that barium and titanium ions were simultaneously stabilized with CA to form a barium-titanium mixed-metal CA complex with a stoichiometry similar to Ba:Ti:CA = 1:1:3. Raman and {sup 13}C-NMR spectra of the liquid mixture at various reaction stages indicated that the fundamental coordination structure of the mixed-metal complex remained almost unchanged throughout the polymerization process. X-ray diffractometry (XRD) measurements indicated formation of pseudo-cubic BaTiO{sub 3} free from BaCo, and TiO{sub 2} when the barium-titanium polymeric precursor was heat-treated in air at 500 C for 8 h or at 600 C for 2 h. However, the Raman spectra of the same powders indicated the formation of tetragonal (rather than cubic) BaTiO{sub 3}, with traces of high-temperature hexagonal BaTiO{sub 3} and an intermediate phase, Ba{sub 2}Ti{sub 2}O{sub 5}{center_dot}CO{sub 3}. A solid-state reaction between BaCO{sub 3} and TiO{sub 2} was concluded as not being responsible for the BaTiO{sub 3} formation; rather, BaTiO{sub 3} formed directly by thermal decomposition of the intermediate Ba{sub 2}Ti{sub 2}O{sub 5}{center_dot}CO{sub 3} phase at temperatures >500 C. In addition, by Raman scattering measurements, the intermediate Ba{sub 2}Ti{sub 2}O{sub 5}{center_dot}CO{sub 3} phase was found to be unstable in ambient air, yielding BaCO{sub 3} as one of the decomposed products.

Sponsoring Organization:
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, Tokyo (Japan)
OSTI ID:
417769
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Vol. 79, Issue 11; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English