Fabrication of Nano-sized Titanate Powders by an Ethylene Glycol Solution Route

  • Lee, S.J. (Dept. of Advanced Materials Science & Engineering, Mokpo National University) ;
  • Lee, M.J. (Project Evaluation Division, Defense Agency for Technology and Quality Assurance) ;
  • Yoon, Y.S. (Dept. of Advanced Technology Fusion, Konkuk University)
  • Published : 2006.09.24

Abstract

Several titanate powders ($Al_2TiO_5,\;SrTiO_3$, etc.) were synthesized by an ethylene glycol solution route. Titanium isopropoxide and nitrate salts were dissolved in stoichiometric proportions in liquid-type ethylene glycol without any precipitation. The parent precursor sols were dried to porous gels, and then the gels were calcined and crystallized. All synthesized titanate powders had stable crystallization behavior at low temperature and high specific surface area after a simple ball-milling process. A three-component PZT $(Pb(Zr_{0.52}{\cdot}Ti_{0.48})O_3)$ powder was also synthesized successfully by the ethylene glycol method. In this study, the characteristics of the multi-component titanate powders by the ethylene glycol method are examined.

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