A Study of PbTiO3 Crystallization in Pure and Composite Nanopowders Prepared by the Sol-Gel Technique |
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Authors: | Marian ?erňansky P?emysl Vaněk Karel Král and Radmila Krupková |
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Institution: | (1) Chemical and Biotechnical Engineering Department, Energy, Plasma and Electrochemistry Research Centre (CREPE), Universit? de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 2R1, Canada |
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Abstract: | In this investigation the crystallization of PbTiO3 upon annealing of pure nanopowders and PbTiO3–SiO2 (1:1 v/v) nanocomposite powders prepared by the sol-gel technique was studied. Using X-ray diffraction phase analysis, the
start of PbTiO3 crystallization in pure PbTiO3 powders was detected at 400°C. Distinct crystallization of PbTiO3 in PbTiO3–SiO2 nanocomposites starts at 700°C, whereas SiO2 remains amorphous. There are indications that an interface interaction between the PbTiO3 and the SiO2 phase plays an important role in hindering the crystallization of PbTiO3. The particle size (size of coherently scattering regions) was estimated from the broadening of the X-ray diffraction line
profiles. The average size of PbTiO3 nanocrystallites increases with temperature and time of annealing, the influence of temperature being more significant than
that of the annealing time. Differential scanning calorimetry confirmed the results of the X-ray diffraction with respect
to the start of the crystallization. Laser beam scattering and scanning electron microscopy provided the statistical distribution
of the grain size and the morphology of the powder grains, showing that each grain of the powders contains several nanocrystallites
(coherently scattering regions). |
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